The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner performs a well baby exam on a 2-day-old infant and notes clusters of firm, yellow-white papules with a surrounding erythematous flare. What will the nurse practitioner do?

there is no needed treatment for erythema toxicum neonatorum. It typically resolves itself within 5-7 days. A nurse practitioner will typically just reassure the parents.

Explanation:

fluid balance is an aspect of the homeostasis of organisms in which the amount of water in the organism needs to be controlled, via osmoregulation and behavior, such that the concentrations of electrolytes (salts in solution) in the various body fluids are kept within healthy ranges. the core principle of fluid balance is that the amount of water lost from the body must equal the amount of water taken in.