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Cooldude101 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

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 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

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.