The nursery nurse should identify which newborn at significant risk for hypothermic alteration in thermoregulation?
a. Large for gestational age
b. Low birth weight
c. Born at term
d. Well nourished
ANS: B
Low birth weight and poorly nourished infants (particularly premature infants) and children are at greatest risk for hypothermia. A large for gestational age infant would not be malnourished. An infant born at term is not considered at significant risk. A well nourished infant is not at significant risk.
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