A nurse is providing information to a group of new mothers. The nurse would explain that newborns and young infants are more susceptible to infection because they have
1. high levels of maternal antibodies todiseases to which the mother has been exposed.
2. passive transplacental immunity frommaternal immunoglobulin G.
3. immune systems that are not fullymature at birth.
4. been exposed to microorganismsduring the birth process.
Answer:3
Rationale:Newborns have a limited storage pool of neutrophils and plasma proteins to defend against infection.Newborns'and young infants'high levels of maternal antibodies,passive transplacental immunity,and exposure to microorganisms during the birth process are all true but are incorrect answers because they do not explain the susceptibility of newborns and young infants to infection.
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