The nurse encourages the anxious mother of a preterm infant to consider the warming technique of holding the infant between her breasts with skin-to-skin contact under a blanket. This technique is the __________ care method
ANS:
kangaroo
The kangaroo care method is when the mother places the infant between her breasts for skin-to-skin contact, and then both mother and infant are wrapped in a blanket as a warming technique. This method also facilitates maternal-infant bonding.
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