In the United States, the en face position is preferred ...

[chads108]

In the United States, the en face position is preferred immediately after birth. Nurses can facilitate this process by all of the following except:
 
  1. washing both the infant's and the mother's faces.
  2. placing the infant on the mother's abdomen or breast with their heads on the same plane.
  3. dimming the lights.
  4. delaying the instillation of prophylactic antibiotic ointment in the infant's eyes.

Question 2

All infants should have their head circumference measured at health-assessment visits. This measurement is made from
 
  A) just above the eyebrows through the prominent part of the occiput.
  B) the center of the forehead to the base of the occiput.
  C) the hairline in front to the hairline in back.
  D) the middle of the forehead through the parietal prominences.

[bimper21]

Answer to Question 1

1
1. Correct. To facilitate the position in which the parent's and infant's faces are approximately 8 inches apart on the same plane and they can make eye contact, the nurse can place the infant at the proper height on the mother's body, dim the light so the infant's eyes will open, and delay putting ointment into the infant's eyes.
2, 3, 4. Incorrect. To facilitate the position in which the parent's and infant's faces are approx-imately 8 inches apart on the same plane and they can make eye contact, the nurse can place the infant at the proper height on the mother's body, dim the light so the infant's eyes will open, and delay putting ointment into the infant's eyes.

Answer to Question 2

A