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Title: How might the nurse demonstrate the parachute reflex with an infant?
Post by: andi on Feb 6, 2018
How might the nurse demonstrate the parachute reflex with an infant?
 
  a. Lifting the infant high in the air above her head
  b. Holding the infant in a football hold, cradling the head
  c. Seating the infant in a stroller in an upright position
  d. Thrusting the infant downward into the crib


Title: How might the nurse demonstrate the parachute reflex with an infant?
Post by: helpmeacm on Feb 6, 2018
ANS: D
The infant, when thrust downward in a prone position, will protectively extend the arms.