After giving birth to a healthy infant boy, a primiparous woman, 16, is admitted to the postpartum 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? a. Tell the woman how to feed and bathe her infant.
b. Give the woman written information on bathing her infant.
c. Advise the woman that all mothers instinctively know how to care for their in-fants.
d. Provide time for the woman to bathe her infant after she views an infant bath demonstration.
D
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A Although verbalizing how to care for the infant is a form of patient education, it is not the most developmentally appropriate teaching for a teenage mother.
B Although providing written information is useful, it is not the most develop-mentally appropriate teaching for a teenage mother.
C This statement is inappropriate; it is belittling and false.
D Having the mother demonstrate infant care is a valuable method of assessing the patient's understanding of her newly acquired knowledge, especially in this age group, because she may inadvertently neglect her child.
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