The nurse is working with a laboring woman who has a known intrauterine fetal demise. To facilitate the family's acceptance of the fetal loss, after delivery the nurse should:
1. Encourage the parents to look at the infant from across the room.
2. Offer the parents the choice of holding the infant in their arms.
3. Take the infant to the morgue immediately.
4. Call family members and inform them of the birth.
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Rationale 1: Looking at the infant from a distance would not be helpful.
Rationale 2: Holding the infant makes the experience real to the parents, and can facilitate appropriate grief and mourning. However, it is ultimately the parents' choice whether to see and hold the infant.
Rationale 3: Taking the infant to the morgue before the parents have a chance to see and hold it would not be appropriate.
Rationale 4: Calling family members would not be helpful or appropriate for the nurse.
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