The nurse practicing in the perinatal setting should promote kangaroo care regardless of an infant's gestational age. This intervention:
A) Is adopted from classical British nursing traditions.
B) Helps infants with motor and central nervous system impairment.
C) Helps infants to interact directly with their parents and enhances their temperature regulation.
D) Gets infants ready for breastfeeding.

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Kangaroo care involves skin-to-skin contact between the parent and the infant, which helps in regulating the infant's body temperature, improving bonding between the parent and infant, and enhancing the infant's overall health and development. It is beneficial irrespective of the infant's gestational age or any motor or central nervous system impairment. Kangaroo care is not specific to British nursing traditions, and though it may indirectly support breastfeeding, it is not a direct preparation for the same.

The Nurse Practicing in the Perinatal Setting Should Promote Kangaroo