Your primary concern when caring for a newborn baby is:

A. assessing whether the mother is having twins.
B. assessing for meconium staining.
C. clearing the airway and ensuring that the baby is breathing.
D. determining how much blood the mother lost during delivery.


Answer: C

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a. Subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (SOAP) record b. Problem-oriented, medical record (POMR) record c. Flowsheet d. Progress note

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What will be an ideal response?

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The government's role in health care can be described as all of the following, EXCEPT

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