The nurse encourages the anxious mother of a preterm infant to ...

[Cooldude101]

The nurse encourages the anxious mother of a preterm infant to consider the warming technique of holding the infant between her breasts with skin-to-skin contact under a blanket. This technique is the __________ care method.
 
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Question 2

The nurse clarifies that a fetus has enough surfactant to breathe on its own at the age of _____ weeks.
 
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[samiel-sayed]

Answer to Question 1

kangaroo

The kangaroo care method is when the mother places the infant between her breasts for skin-to-skin contact, and then both mother and infant are wrapped in a blanket as a warming technique. This method also facilitates maternal-infant bonding.

Answer to Question 2

34

Surfactant begins to appear at the age of 24 weeks and is adequate to support life at the age of 34 weeks.

[Cooldude101]

TYSM

[Dominic]

Excellent