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A nurse is collecting data from a newborn who has respiratory distress syndrome and is experiencing respiratory acidosis. Which of the following risk factors predisposes the newborn to respiratory difficulties?

Two compounds of the same molar mass in which A is polar and B is nonpolar. Which of the following statements is true ?    

​A nurse is assisting a client with breastfeeding her newborn. The nurse should explain that which of the following reflexes will initiate sucking?

A nurse is preparing to administer vitamin K IM to a newborn. Into which of the following muscles should the nurse inject the medication?

A nurse is collecting data from a newborn. Which of the following anatomical landmarks should the nurse use to measure chest circumference?

A nurse is caring for a newborn immediately after birth. Which of the following actions by the nurse reduces evaporative heat loss by the newborn?

A nurse is caring for a client who is breastfeeding and tells the nurse that she is concerned about her newborn’s hydration. Which of the following nursing observations is appropriate to use in evaluating the adequacy of the newborn’s hydration?

A nurse is caring for a newborn who was delivered by vacuum extraction and has swelling on his head that crosses the suture line. The newborn’s mother asks about the swelling on her newborn’s head. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse working in the newborn nursery is preparing to return a newborn to the mother. Which of the following should the nurse verify? (Select all that apply.)

A client is concerned that her newborn has “crossed eyes.” Which of the following statements is a therapeutic response by the nurse?