Anurse administers two serial intramuscular injections of betamethasone to a woman at 32 weeks' gestation who has been admitted in preterm labor. the nurse knows that this medication is given to accomplish what purpose?

A nurse administers two serial intramuscular injections of betamethasone to a woman at 32 weeks' gestation who has been admitted in preterm labor. the nurse knows that this medication is given to stimulate fetal surfactant production. The presence of this surfactant factor in the pulmonary alveoli is essential for adaptation to extrauterine life. The surfactant is a substance that significantly reduces the surface tension within the pulmonary alveolus, preventing collapse during expiration.

Many archeologists and anthropologists disagree with dr. thorne's view.  thorne strongly believes that what many calls "homo erectus"  was in fact  homo sapiens,  and that they migrated out of africa almost 2 million years ago and dispersed throughout europe and asia. that's way different  from what scientists have always believed about the evolution of the species.