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Health Promotion and Maintenance

Essential Newborn Care Practices

Very Easy Ante/intra/postpartum And Newborn Care Newborn Care

As a new graduate nurse in the nursery, you are responsible for providing care to newborns. It is crucial to understand the essential care practices that promote health and safety for newborns immediately after birth. Which of the following actions should you take to ensure the well-being of the newborn?

Select all that apply:

Maintain the newborn's body temperature.

Perform early and thorough assessment for abnormalities.

Ensure immediate skin-to-skin contact with the mother.

Initiate breastfeeding during the first hour of life.

Administer vitamin K prophylaxis as prescribed.

Educate parents on newborn screening tests.

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