Several hours after delivery the nurse finds a woman crying. The woman says repeatedly, "My baby is beautiful, but I was planning on a vaginal delivery
Instead I needed an emergency C-section." What is the most appropriate nursing diagnosis?
a.
Anxiety related to the development of postpartum complications
b.
Ineffective individual coping related to unfamiliarity with procedures
c.
Risk for ineffective parenting related to emergency cesarean section
d.
Grieving related to loss of expected birth experience
ANS: D
Women who have cesarean births usually need greater support than those who have vaginal births. They may feel grief, guilt, or anger because the expected course of birth did not occur.
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