While Planning Care for Infants, Which Principles Should the Nurse

question 19

Multiple Choice

While planning care for infants, which principles should the nurse remember? Infants have problems with thermoregulation because they: (Select all that apply.)

• A) cannot conserve heat.
• B) do not shiver.
• C) rarely sweat.
• D) have decreased metabolic rates.
• E) have excess subcutaneous fat.

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Definitions:

Anticline

A type of fold in sedimentary rocks that resembles an arch, with the oldest rock layers at its core, indicative of compressional tectonic forces.

Syncline

a downward-curving (trough-like) fold in rock layers where the youngest materials are at the center.

Monocline

A geological fold in which all strata are inclined in the same direction, forming a step-like feature in the landscape.

Basin

1. A low-lying area or an area in which sediments accumulate with no surface outlet. 2. A structural feature toward which rock strata are inclined in all directions.