In the United States,the en face position is preferred immediately after birth.Nurses can facilitate this process by all of these actions except:
A)Washing both the infant's face and the mother's face
B)Placing the infant on the mother's abdomen or breast with their heads on the same plane
C)Dimming the lights
D)Delaying the instillation of prophylactic antibiotic ointment in the infant's eyes

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As newborns become functionally able to sustain eye contact with their parents,they spend time in mutual gazing,often in the en face position,a position in which the parent's and infant's faces are approximately 20 cm apart and on the same plane.Washing the infant's or mother's face is not necessary at this time and would interrupt the process.Nurses and physicians or midwives can facilitate eye contact immediately after birth by placing the infant on the mother's abdomen or breasts with the mother's and the infant's faces on the same plane.Dimming the lights encourages the infant's eyes to stay open.To promote eye contact,instillation of prophylactic antibiotic ointment into the infant's eyes can be delayed until after the infant and parents have had some time together in the first hour after birth.

In the United States,the En Face Position Is Preferred Immediately