Author Question: An infant is born at 28 weeks' gestational age. A nurse should inform the parents that the infant ... (Read 83 times)

jenna1 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

An infant is born at 28 weeks' gestational age. A nurse should inform the parents that the infant should be expected to reach developmental milestones about how many weeks later than a full term infant?

1. 6
2. 8
3. 124. 16

Question 2

A mother asks the nurse about feeding her infant. The nurse's best response that includes the recommendations made by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) concerning feeding infants is

1. breast-feed exclusively for the firstyear of life.
2. introduce solid foods beginning at4 months of age.
3. begin exclusive breast-feeding withno water,juice,or other foods.
4. introduce table foods only after theinfant tooth eruption.

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

Answer to Question 1

Answer:3
Rationale:Preterm infants are evaluated according to the corrected age. This infant,born at 28 weeks'gestational age,is 12 weeks premature. Therefore,the infant should be expected to reach developmental milestones about 12 weeks later than an infant who was born full term.

Answer to Question 2

Answer:3
Rationale:Breast milk is the preferred method of feeding infants in the first six months of life. The AAP does not recommend exclusive breast-feeding for the first year of life. These infants would be at risk for experiencing nutritional deficiencies. A variety of solid foods should not be introduced at 4 months of age since the infant cannot digest so many foods.Solid infant foods can be introduced at 6 months of age regardless of the status of tooth eruption since the foods are all pureed.