A patient who has a cesarean delivery - The occurrence of thrush in the neonate - sac of meningomyelocele moist with normal saline solution



- A patient who has a cesarean delivery is at greater risk for infection than the patient who gives birth vaginally.

- The occurrence of thrush in the neonate is probably caused by contact with the organism during delivery through the birth canal.

- The nurse should keep the sac of meningomyelocele moist with normal saline solution.