The parents of a newborn who is being treated for bacterial septicemia ask the nurse why their baby didn't seem very ill. The best response of the nurse is:
1. "A newborn's immune system isn't mature, so symptoms are vague."
2. "You would have seen more symptoms if you had been looking closely."
3. "A fever will be present in sick newborns, including your baby."
4. "A mother's immunity usually protects the infant from illness."
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Rationale:
1. Newborns have vague and nonspecific symptoms of illness because of their immature immune system and limited inflammatory response.
2. Newborns have vague and nonspecific symptoms of illness.
3. Hypothermia is more common in ill infants than is hyperthermia.
4. Maternal immune globulin crosses the placenta and gives the newborn a limited acquired immunity to many illnesses, but will not prevent all illness from developing.
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