Acceptable techniques for checking the heart rate of an infant include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. listening over the cardiac apex with a stethoscope.
b. lightly grasping the stump of the umbilical cord.
c. palpating the femoral or brachial pulses.
d. attaching the infant to an ECG monitor and watching the heart rate meter.
d
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