Part of the health assessment of a newborn includes observing the newborn's breathing pattern. A full-term newborn's breathing pattern is predominantly:
1. abdominal with synchronous chest movements.
2. chest breathing with nasal flaring.
3. diaphragmatic with chest retraction.
4. deep with a regular rhythm.
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1. Correct. In normal infant respiration, the chest and abdomen rise synchronously and breaths are shallow and irregular.
2. Incorrect. Breathing with nasal flaring is a sign of respiratory distress.
3. Incorrect. Diaphragmatic breathing with chest retraction is a sign of respiratory distress.
4. Incorrect. Infant breaths are shallow and irregular.
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