A nurse is planning care for a client who is in labor and has gonorrhea. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan for delivery?

A. Instill erythromycin ointment into the newborn's eyes: Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment is routinely applied to all newborns to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum, a serious eye infection caused by exposure to Neisseria gonorrhoeae during birth. B. Give oral sulfadiazine to the mother prior to delivery: Sulfonamides are not recommended for gonorrhea treatment in laboring clients and are ineffective in preventing neonatal eye infections. C. Administer penicillin G procaine IM to the newborn: Penicillin is used to treat confirmed neonatal infections, not as a routine prophylaxis against gonococcal eye infections. D. Apply miconazole vaginal cream to the mother prior to delivery: Miconazole is an antifungal used for vaginal yeast infections and has no effect on gonorrhea, so it is not indicated for preventing neonatal infection.