Exam 20: Transition to Parenthood

When working with parents who have some form of sensory impairment,nurses should understand that ________ is an inaccurate statement.

A parent who has a hearing impairment is presented with a number of challenges in parenting.Which nursing approaches are appropriate for working with hearing-impaired new parents? (Select all that apply.)

Of the many factors that influence parental responses,nurses should be conscious of negative stereotypes that apply to specific patient populations.Which response could be an inappropriate stereotype of adolescent mothers?

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

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

The mother-baby nurse is able to recognize reciprocal attachment behavior.This refers to:

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

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:

A man calls the nurse's station and states that his wife,who delivered 2 days ago,is happy one minute and crying the next.The man says,"She was never like this before the baby was born." The nurse's initial response could be to:

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

With regard to parents' early and extended contact with their infant and the relationships built,nurses should be aware that:

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

After giving birth to a healthy infant boy,a primiparous woman,16 years old,is admitted to the after birth unit.An appropriate nursing diagnosis for her at this time is risk for impaired parenting related to deficient knowledge of newborn care.In planning for the woman's discharge,what should the nurse be certain to include in the plan of care?

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

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

During which phase of maternal adjustment will the mother relinquish the baby of her fantasies and accept the real baby?

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

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?

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

During a phone follow-up conversation with a woman who is 4 days' after birth,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: