Newborn Nursing Care Q 38

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By keeping the nursery temperature warm and wrapping the neonate in blankets, the nurse is preventing which type of heat loss?

  

     A. Conduction

     B. Convection

     C. Evaporation

     D. Radiation

    

    

Correct Answer: B. Convection.

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Option B: Convection heat loss is the flow of heat from the body surface to the cooler air.

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