The nurse working with infants knows that infants have a unique response to pain, which is to exhibit which of the following behaviors?
a. yawn several times over a couple of minutes
b. claw at the air with their hands
c. utter piercing cries and arch the back in an extreme way
d. withdraw, cry, and have a furrowed brow and a taut tongue
D
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A Incorrect: Infants have a unique response to pain which is not exhibited by behaviors such as yawning several times over a couple of minutes.
B Incorrect: Infants have a unique response to pain which is not exhibited by behaviors such as clawing at the air with their hands.
C Incorrect: Infants do not respond to pain by exhibiting utter piercing cries and arching the back in an extreme way. however, infants do have a distinctive cry in response to pain which is high-pitched and shrill.
D Correct: Infants have a unique response to pain, which is to exhibit behaviors such as withdrawal from painful stimuli, cry, and have a furrowed brow and a taut tongue.
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