Exam 20: Transition to Parenthood

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

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

The nurse can help a father in his transition to parenthood by:

Other early sensual contacts between infant and mother involve sound and smell.Nurses should be aware that,despite what folk wisdom may say:

To promote bonding and attachment immediately after delivery,the most important nursing intervention is to:

On observing a woman on her first postpartum day sitting in bed while her newborn lies awake in the bassinet,the nurse should:

A 25-year-old gravida 1 para 1 who had an emergency cesarean birth 3 days ago is scheduled for discharge.As you prepare her for discharge,she begins to cry.Your initial action should be to

When the infant's behaviors and characteristics call forth a corresponding set of maternal behaviors and characteristics,this is called:

With regard to the adaptation of other family members,mainly siblings and grandparents,to the newborn,nurses should be aware that:

Which concerns about parenthood are often expressed by visually impaired mothers (Select all that apply)?

In the United States the en face position is preferred immediately after birth.Nurses can facilitate this process by all of these actions except:

During a phone follow-up conversation with a woman who is 4 days' postpartum,the woman tells the nurse,"I don't know what's wrong.I love my son,but I feel so let down.I seem to cry for no reason!" The nurse would recognize that the woman is experiencing: