A nurse is teaching a group of postpartum women about well-child care. What is the best instruction the nurse should provide about when an infant should be seen for health supervision visits?
1. Every month for the first year of life
2. Every other month for the first year of life
3. At 1 month, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months
4. When the mother feels that the infant is showing signs of illness
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Rationale:
1. To see the infant on a monthly basis is too frequent for a healthy infant.
2. If the infant is seen every other month, certain common conditions could be missed at 2 months.
3. Schedules do vary among health care providers; however, the infant should be seen at 1 month, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months for health supervision, immunizations, and disease prevention strategies.
4. If parents bring the infant to the health care provider only when the infant is ill, the infant would miss all routine health care visits.
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