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Nursing Care of the Newborn

A client asks the nurse what advantage breastfeeding has over formula feeding. What major group of substances in human milk are of special importance to the newborn and cannot be reproduced in a bottle formula?

ExplanationB. The antibodies in human milk provide the infant with immunity against all or most of the pathogens that the mother has encountered. A, C. These are present in commercial formulas. D. Complex carbohydrates are not required by the infant.