The nurse in the newborn intensive care unit is caring for a low birth-weight newborn, born at 36-weeks' gestation, who was delivered in a car en route to the hospital in a snowstorm. Which statement by a parent of the newborn indicates a lack of understanding of the risks of hypothermia?
A) "My baby is burning calories at a higher rate."
B) "My baby is under a radiant warmer because he doesn't have enough body fat to keep warm."
C) "Now that my baby is warmed, I can give him a bath outside the warmer."
D) "When my baby is out of the warmer, I need to keep him wrapped."
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