The nurse explains to the class of nursing students that umbilical cord clamping occurs at what time after birth?
A.
Immediately
B.
After 15 seconds
C.
After 30 to 60 seconds
D.
After 60 to 120 seconds
ANS: D
For the term infant, cord clamping should be delayed for 60 to 120 seconds (or until cord pulsation ceases). This provides the infant with more blood volume, red blood cells, and hematopoietic cells than when the cord is clamped immediately. The oxygen-rich blood traveling through the cord allows the neonate additional time to adjust to the outside world and a new way of breathing.
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