The nurse encourages a new mother to breastfeed her infant, even for a short time, because colostrum will provide the infant with

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Colostrum provides passive immunity through antibodies from the mother that protects the infant for a few months; however, memory cells are not retained, so the protection is not permanent. Active immunity requires that the infant manufacture antibodies after exposure to an antigen. Innate immunity occurs without exposure to an antigen and provides species-specific immunity and nonspecific immunity.

The Nurse Encourages a New Mother to Breastfeed Her Infant