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The nurse is caring for four clients in the neonatal intensive care unit. Which infant has the greatest risk of developing retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)?
 
  1. 28-weeks'-gestation infant who has been on long-term oxygen and weighed 1,400 grams
  2. 32-weeks'-gestation infant of African heritage with a congenital heart defect who needed no oxygen and weighed 1,850 grams
  3. 28-weeks'-gestation female infant who was on short-term oxygen, weighed 1,420 grams, and was treated with phototherapy
  4. 36-weeks'-gestation, small-for-gestational-age infant who was in an oxyhood for 12 hours and weighed 1,800 grams

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