The nurse should alert the physician when
a. The infant is dusky and turns cyanotic when crying.
b. Acrocyanosis is present at age 1 hour.
c. The infant's blood glucose is 45 mg/dL.
d. The infant goes into a deep sleep at age 1 hour.
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A An infant who is dusky and becomes cyanotic when crying is showing poor
adaptation to extrauterine life.
B Acrocyanosis is an expected finding during the early neonatal life.
C This is within normal range for a newborn.
D Infants enter the period of deep sleep when they are about 1 hour old.
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