Nursing interventions to maintain a patent airway in a newborn should include:
a. sleeping in the prone (on abdomen) position.
b. wrapping neonate as snugly as possible.
c. positioning neonate supine while sleeping.
d. using bulb syringe to suction as needed, suctioning nose first, and then pharynx.
ANS: C
Supine is the position recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics to prevent sudden infant death syndrome. Sleeping in the prone position is not advised because of the possible link between sleeping in the prone position and sudden infant death syndrome. The child can be wrapped snugly, but should be placed on side or back. A bulb syringe should be kept by the bedside if necessary, but the pharynx should be suctioned before the nose.
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