Author Question: A sign of illness in the newborn is a. More than two soft stools per day b. Regurgitating a ... (Read 81 times)

ap345 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A sign of illness in the newborn is

a. More than two soft stools per day
b. Regurgitating a small amount of feeding
c. A yellow scaly lesion on the scalp
d. An axillary temperature greater than 37.5 C

Question 2

The nurse who is teaching a group of women about breast cancer should tell the women that

a. Risk factors identify almost all women who will develop breast cancer.
b. African-American women have a higher rate of breast cancer.
c. One in 10 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
d. The exact cause of breast cancer is unknown.

sierrahalpin · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
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A This is an expected finding in the newborn.
B This is an expected finding in the newborn.
C This is a sign of cradle cap or seborrhea capitis.
D Infants commonly respond to a variety of illnesses with an elevation in
temperature. The normal range for an axillary temperature in the newborn is
36.5 to 37.3 C.

Answer to Question 2

D
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A Risk factors help identify a small percentage of women in whom breast cancer
eventually will develop.
B Caucasian women have a higher incidence of breast cancer; however,
African-American women have a higher rate of dying of breast cancer after they
are diagnosed.
C One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her
lifetime.
D The exact cause of breast cancer in unknown.