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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Neonatal

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A nurse in a delivery room is assisting with the delivery of newborn infant. After the delivery, the nurse prepares to prevent heat loss in the newborn infant resulting from evaporation by:

Warming the crib
Turning on the overhead radiant warmer
Closing the doors to the room
Drying the infant with a warm blanket

Explanation

Answer: D - Evaporation of moisture from a wet body dissipates heat along with moisture. Keeping the newborn infants dry by drying the wet newborn infant at birth will prevent hypothermia via evaporation.

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