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
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.
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