The nurse is caring for a postpartum woman who gave birth to a healthy, full-term baby girl. She has a 2-year-old son. She voices concern about her older child's adjustment to the new baby
Nursing actions that will facilitate the older son's adjustment to having a new baby in the house would include which of the following? Select all that apply.
A) Explain to the mother that she can have her son lie in bed with her when he is visiting her in the hospital.
B) Teach her son how to change the baby's diapers.
C) Assist her son in holding his new baby sister.
D) Recommend that she spend time reading to her older son while he sits in her lap.
A
Explain to the mother that she can have her son lie in bed with her when he is visiting her in the hospital.
C
Assist her son in holding his new baby sister.
D
Recommend that she spend time reading to her older son while he sits in her lap.
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