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cartlidgeashley

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In assessing a newborn, the nurse notices a large amount of fine, frothy bubbles of mucus in the mouth. Even then the nurse suctions the bubbles, they soon return.
 
  The baby has a rattling sound to the respirations and has a choking episode and becomes a little cyanotic. Which of the following conditions will the nurse suspect? a. cleft lip c. esophageal atresia
  b. cleft palate d. intussusception

Question 2

The most popular theory of developmentalists today is that:
 
  a. nature provides the most important contribution to development
  b. how biological and environmental factors interact is more important than the predominance of one over the other
  c. development depends almost entirely on the experiences an individual has by age 5
  d. genetics is most important, and we are about to engineer people to correct all defects


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

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A Incorrect. With these manifestations, the nurse would not suspect cleft lip.
B Incorrect. With these manifestations, the nurse would not suspect cleft palate.
C Correct. The newborn with esophageal atresia has fine, frothy bubbles of mucus in the mouth and nose. Even then the nurse suctions the bubbles, they soon return. The baby has a rattling sound to the respirations and has a choking, drooling, and coughing. The infant may become cyanotic and apneic because of aspiration of saliva or formula.
D Incorrect. With these manifestations, the nurse would not suspect intussusception.

Answer to Question 2

B

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A Incorrect. The most popular theory of developmentalists today is not that nature provides the most important contribution to development.
B Correct. The most popular theory of developmentalists today is that how biological and environmental factors interact is more important than the predominance of one over the other.
C Incorrect. The most popular theory of developmentalists today is not that development depends almost entirely on the experiences an individual has by age 5.
D Incorrect. The most popular theory of developmentalists today is not that genetics is most important. We are about to engineer people to correct all defects.


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