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Title: The nurse is teaching the parents of a 4-month-old infant about good feeding hab Post by: colleen on Oct 4, 2012 The nurse is teaching the parents of a 4-month-old infant about good feeding habits. The nurse emphasizes the importance of holding the baby during feeding and not letting the infant go to sleep with the bottle, as this is most likely to increase both the incidence of dental caries and
1. Otitis media. 2. Aspiration. 3. Malocclusion problems. 4. Sleeping disorders. Title: Re: The nurse is teaching the parents of a 4-month-old infant about good feeding hab Post by: germ on Oct 5, 2012 Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: It has been shown in numerous studies that allowing an infant to fall asleep with a bottle in his or her mouth causes pooling of the formula in the mouth, which increases the risk of both dental caries and otitis media. There has been limited data to date showing a positive correlation between bottle propping and increased risk of aspiration, malocclusions, and sleeping disorders. |