What is the priority nursing action in caring for the newborn immediately after birth?

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The care given immediately after the birth focuses on assessing and stabilizing the newborn.Although fostering parent-infant attachment is an important task for the nurse,it is not the most critical nursing action in caring for the newborn immediately after birth.The nursing activities would be (in order of importance)to maintain a patent airway,support respiratory effort,and prevent cold stress by drying the newborn and covering the infant with a warmed blanket or placing the newborn under a radiant warmer.After the newborn has been stabilized,the nurse assesses the newborn's physical condition,weighs and measures the newborn,administers prophylactic eye ointment and a vitamin K injection,affixes an identification bracelet,wraps the newborn in warm blankets,and then gives the infant to the partner or mother when he or she is ready.

What Is the Priority Nursing Action in Caring for the Newborn