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:
  1. Warming the crib
  2. Turning on the overhead radiant warmer
  3. Closing the doors to the room
  4. 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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