With regard to parents' early and extended contact with their infant and the relationships built, nurses should be aware that:
a. Immediate contact is essential for the parent-child relationship.
b. Skin-to-skin contact is preferable to contact with the body totally wrapped in a blanket.
c. Extended contact is especially important for adolescents and low-income women because they are at risk for parenting inadequacies.
d. Mothers need to take precedence over their partners and other family matters.
C
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A Immediate contact facilitates the attachment process but is not essential; other-wise, adopted infants would not establish the affectionate ties they do.
B The mode of infant-mother contact does not appear to have any important effect.
C Nurses should encourage any activity that optimizes family extended contact.
D Mothers and their partners are considered equally important.
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