Which statement about non-nutritive sucking is true?
a. It helps the preterm infant achieve deep-sleep states.
b. It provides a distraction from the activity in the neonatal unit.
c. It assists in the transition from gavage feed-ings.
d. It cannot be used with very premature infants.
C
Non-nutritive sucking has been shown to provide for earlier transition from gavage to oral feedings. Deep-sleep states are characterized by nonmovement. Non-nutritive sucking can be used even in very immature infants.
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