A Patient Is Warm and Asks for a Fan in Her

question 31

Multiple Choice

A patient is warm and asks for a fan in her room for her comfort.The nurse enters the room to assess the mother and her infant and finds the infant unwrapped in his crib with the fan blowing over him on "high." The nurse instructs the mother that the fan should not be directed toward the newborn and the newborn should be wrapped in a blanket.The mother asks why.What is the basis of the nurse's response?

• A) The baby may lose heat by convection,which means that he will lose heat from his body to the cooler ambient air.Babies should be wrapped and no cool air blowing on them.
• B) The baby may lose heat by conduction,which means that he will lose heat from his body to the cooler ambient air.Babies should be wrapped and no cool air blowing on him.
• C) The baby may lose heat by evaporation,which means that he will lose heat from his body to the cooler ambient air.Babies should be wrapped and no cool air blowing on him.
• D) The baby will get cold stressed easily and needs to be bundled up at all times.

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