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Maternal-Newborn Nursing: The Critical Components of Nursing Care 2nd Edition by Roberta Durham, Linda Chapman

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0803637047
book Maternal-Newborn Nursing: The Critical Components of Nursing Care 2nd Edition by Roberta Durham, Linda Chapman cover

Maternal-Newborn Nursing: The Critical Components of Nursing Care 2nd Edition by Roberta Durham, Linda Chapman

Edition 2ISBN: 978-0803637047
Exercise 4
You are assigned a 16-year-old primipara, who is bottle feeding her healthy full-term baby boy. She asks you why the other nurse told her to tilt the baby's bottle when feeding. Your best response is:
A) "I will go and get the other nurse so she can clarify the instruction she gave you."
B) "By tilting the bottle, the nipple is in a more comfortable placement in your baby's mouth."
C) By tilting the bottle, you keep the nipple full of formula and decrease the amount of air your baby swallows."
D) "The tilted position provides greater pressure coming from the bottle and makes it easier for your baby to take in the formula."
Explanation
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Hence, the correct option is 'C'.
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