What is the priority of the nurse in the immediate care of the newborn in the delivery room?
a. Calculate Apgar score.
b. Ensure a patent airway.
c. Maintain body heat.
d. Position the infant in a 30-degree head-down position.
B
Maintaining the ABCs is a nursing priority. Maintaining body heat is the second highest priority for the nursery nurse. Positioning the infant in a 30-degree head-down position may encourage aspiration after emesis.
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A. thalamus B. pons C. cerebellum D. hypothalamus