The student nurse is working with one of the neonatal nurses during her volunteer shift. The student nurse assists the nurse with an assessment of a newborn girl. They palpate the newborn’s head and feel the fontanels. What should the student nurse do?
A. Alert the neonatal nurse that there is a problem with the newborn’s head.
B. Palpate harder to see if a dent can be made in the fontanels.
C. Proceed with the assessment because palpable fontanels are a normal finding.
D. Try to adjust the skull bones to move over the fontanel.