Expectant parents ask a prenatal nurse educator, "Which setting for childbirth allows for the least amount of parent-infant interaction?" Which answer should the nurse give to the parents?
a. Birth center
b. Home birth
c. Traditional hospital birth
d. Labor, birth, and recovery room
ANS: C
In the traditional hospital setting, the mother may see the infant for only short feeding periods, and the infant is cared for in a separate nursery. Birth centers are set up to allow an increase in parent-infant contact. Home births allow an increase in parent-infant contact. The labor, birth, recovery, and postpartum room setting allows increased parent-infant contact.
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