The nurse is attending the delivery of a full-term neonate whose mother received poor prenatal care. The neonate has cyanosis, increased work of breathing, a barrel chest, and a scaphoid abdomen. The nurse auscultates the patient’s lung fields and notes bowel sounds over the left side of the chest. The nurse suspects which condition in this neonate?

The nurse is called to assist with a 25-year-old G1P0 female with a viable intrauterine pregnancy at 40-weeks gestational age. Patient is already in the second stage of labor and quickly delivers a vigorous, healthy infant without complications. The neonate is placed skin-to-skin with mom and latches well to breastfeed but becomes acutely cyanotic after two minutes of eating. Once separated from the breast, the baby begins to cry, and the cyanosis resolves. Which of the following interventions by the nurse is most appropriate?

The patient underwent colon resection one day ago. The nurse is performing a shift assessment and notes absent bowel sounds after listening for 5 minutes. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?