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Nursing Care of the Newborn

A nurse must continuously monitor a preterm infant’s temperature and provide appropriate nursing care because unlike the full-term infant, the preterm infant:

ExplanationC. Because neonates are unable to shiver, they use the breakdown of brown fat to supply body heat; the preterm infant has a limited supply of brown fat available for this breakdown. A. This is not specific to preterm neonates; all newborns are unable to use shivering to supply body heat. B. The breakdown of glycogen into glucose does not supply body heat. D. Pituitary hormones do not regulate body heat.