Exam 23: Transition to Parenthood

Many first-time parents do not plan on their parents' help immediately after the newborn arrives.What is most important when counselling new parents about the involvement of grandparents?

The nurse observes several interactions between a postpartum woman and her new son.What behaviour,if exhibited by this woman,would the nurse identify as a possible maladaptive behaviour regarding parent-infant attachment?

Which can the nurse do to help a father in his transition to parenthood?

During a phone follow-up conversation with a woman who is 4 days postpartum,the woman tells the nurse,"Everyone loves my baby! I have a routine that I am settling into and I feel physically well." Which phase would the nurse assess that this woman is experiencing?

In follow-up appointments or visits with parents and their new baby,it may be useful if the nurse can identify parental behaviours that can either facilitate or inhibit attachment.What is a facilitating behaviour?

What should nurses be aware of with regard to parents' early and extended contact with their infant?

What is the term used when the infant's behaviours and characteristics call forth a corresponding set of maternal behaviours and characteristics?

What should the nurse be aware of with regard to the adaptation of other family members,mainly siblings and grandparents,to the newborn?

Which concern about parenthood is often expressed by visually impaired mothers?

Which should the nurse ensure while providing routine mother-baby care with regard to the management of the environment?

After birth a crying infant may be soothed by being held in a position in which the newborn can hear the mother's heartbeat.What is this phenomenon known as?

The en face position is preferred immediately after birth.Which would facilitate this process? Select all that apply.Express answer in small letters followed by a comma,and a space,e.g.-a,b,c.

Which are facilitating behaviours affecting infant attachment? Select all that apply.Express answer in small letters followed by a comma,and a space-e.g. ,a,b,c

Which facilitates parent-infant attachment?

The nurse hears a primiparous woman talking to her son and telling him that his chin is just like his dad's chin.What does this woman's statement reflect?

Which statement is accurate?

The nurse observes that a 15-year-old mother seems to ignore her newborn.What is a strategy that the nurse can use to facilitate mother-infant attachment in this mother?

Of the many factors that influence parental responses,nurses should be aware that which statements regarding age are true? Select all that apply.Express answer in small letters followed by a comma,and a space-e.g. ,a,b,c

The nurse notes that a Vietnamese woman does not cuddle or interact with her newborn other than to feed him,change his diapers or soiled clothes,and put him to bed.Which does he nurse understand with regard to evaluating the woman's behaviour with her infant?

New parents express concern that,because of the mother's emergency Caesarean birth under general anaesthesia,they did not have the opportunity to hold and bond with their daughter immediately after her birth.What should the nurse's response convey to the parents?