When dealing with parents who have some form of sensory impairment, nurses should realize that all of these statements are true except:
a. One of the major difficulties visually impaired parents experience is the skeptic-ism of health care professionals.
b. Visually impaired mothers cannot overcome the infant's need for eye-to-eye con-tact.
c. The best approach for the nurse is to assess the parents' capabilities rather than focusing on their disabilities.
d. Technologic advances, including the Internet, can provide deaf parents with a full range of parenting activities and information.
B
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A The skepticism, open or hidden, of health care professionals places an additional and unneeded hurdle before the parents.
B Other sensory output can be provided by the parent, other people can participate, and other coping devices can be used.
C After the parents' capabilities have been assessed (including some the nurse may not have expected), the nurse can help find ways to assist the parents that play to their strengths.
D The Internet affords an extra teaching tool for the deaf, as do videos with sub-titles or nurses signing. A number of electronic devices can turn sound into light flashes to help pick up a child's cry. Sign language is acquired readily by young children.
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