NUR 1211C Chapter Notes - Chapter Test 6: Functional Residual Capacity, 2008 Kosovo Declaration Of Independence, Subcutaneous Tissue

• School: St. Petersburg College
• Department: Nursing, Generic Undergraduate
• Course: NUR 1211C
• Professor: McCusker

Document Summary

Introduction: the neonatal period is defined as the first 28 days of life. Establishment of functional residual capacity (ability to retain some air in the lungs on expiration) Thin skin with blood vessels close to the surface. Lack of shivering ability to produce heat until 3 months old. Limited stores of metabolic substrates (glucose, glycogen, fat) Limited use of voluntary muscle activity or movement to produce heat. Large body surface area relative to body weight. Little ability to conserve heat by changing posture (fetal position) No ability to adjust their own clothing or blankets to achieve warmth. Inability to communicate that they are too cold or too warm: conduction. Conduction involves the transfer of heat from one object to another when the two objects are in direct contact with each other: convection. Convection involves the flow of heat from the body surface to cooler surrounding air or to air circulating over a body surface: evaporation.