The pediatric nurse warns student nurses about medicating newborns and young children because these children are:
a. less susceptible to medication effects than adults.
b. more susceptible to medication effects than adults.
c. equally susceptible to medication effects as adults.
d. less susceptible to all medications.
B
Newborns and young children are more susceptible to the toxic effects of some medications than adults.
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