What is the nursing care focus for this infant with withdrawal?

What is the nursing care focus for this infant with withdrawal?

• A. Increase stimulation to monitor progress
• B. Reduce stimulation; promote nutrition and comfort
• C. Isolate the infant completely
• D. Withhold feeding until stable

Answer: (B)

Infants experiencing withdrawal respond best to a calm, low-stimulation environment paired with comfort and good nutrition. Reducing stimuli helps prevent overstimulation of a hypersensitive nervous system, which can worsen irritability, tremors, and feeding difficulties. At the same time, supporting nutrition and comfort—through small, frequent feeds, swaddling, gentle holding or skin-to-skin contact, pacifiers, and quiet, soothing practices—promotes growth and balance. Isolating the infant or withholding feeding would heighten stress and hinder recovery, while increasing stimulation would aggravate withdrawal symptoms.

Infants experiencing withdrawal respond best to a calm, low-stimulation environment paired with comfort and good nutrition. Reducing stimuli helps prevent overstimulation of a hypersensitive nervous system, which can worsen irritability, tremors, and feeding difficulties. At the same time, supporting nutrition and comfort—through small, frequent feeds, swaddling, gentle holding or skin-to-skin contact, pacifiers, and quiet, soothing practices—promotes growth and balance. Isolating the infant or withholding feeding would heighten stress and hinder recovery, while increasing stimulation would aggravate withdrawal symptoms.