The nurse assesses that a full-term neonate's temperature is 36.2°C. The first nursing action is to:
a. Turn up the heat in the room.
b. Place the neonate on the mother's chest with a warm blanket over the mother and baby.
c. Take the neonate to the nursery and place in a radiant warmer.
d. Notify the neonate's primary provider.
ANS: b
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a. Increasing the heat in the room will take a long period of time before it has an effect on the neonate.
b. Skin-to-skin contact along with use of a warm blanket is the best intervention with mild temperature decrease in the neonate.
c. If the temperature remains low, then the neonate needs to be placed under a radiant warmer.
d. The primary health provider is notified if the temperature remains low after interventions.
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