The nurse thoroughly dries the infant immediately after birth primarily to
a. Stimulate crying and lung expansion.
b. Remove maternal blood from the skin surface.
c. Reduce heat loss from evaporation.
d. Increase blood supply to the hands and feet.
C
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A Rubbing the infant does stimulate crying, but it is not the main reason for drying
the infant.
B Drying the infant after birth does not remove all of the maternal blood.
C Infants are wet with amniotic fluid and blood at birth, which accelerates
evaporative heat loss.
D The main purpose of drying the infant is to prevent heat loss.
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