A teenage girl brings her newborn baby wrapped in a bloody T-shirt into the ED and says she intends to leave the baby there. The nurse should
a. call the police.
b. initiate admission to the pediatric unit.
c. notify social services.
d. restrain the mother.
C
People may voluntarily abandon newborns in the care of an ED in many states, which will notify social services, who will take the child into their custody.
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