A nurse sees the father of a newborn baby push his wife in a wheelchair out onto the patio. The man and woman each smoke a cigarette while the baby sleeps in the mother's arms. Which of the following information should the nurse share with the parents?
a. Fetal nicotine syndrome may cause complications in the newborn.
b. The sidestream smoke that the baby is exposed to is more dangerous than the mainstream smoke that the parents are inhaling themselves.
c. The baby will eventually develop tolerance to tobacco smoke.
d. The parents should switch to chewing tobacco as long as the child lives in the home.
ANS: B
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