Which nursing intervention will do the most to help an adolescent father accept his role during the pregnancy?
a. Explain the physiologic and psychological changes he can expect in the mother.
b. Tell him you, the nurse, will give the mother emotional support so he will not have to worry about her.
c. Let him verbalize his feelings about the pregnancy and fatherhood.
d. Encourage him to think about his role in the pregnancy.
ANS: C
Before discussing the physiologic and psychological changes he can expect in the mother, and before encouraging him to think about his role in the pregnancy, it is important to allow the prospective father to verbalize his feelings about the pregnancy and fatherhood. Some adolescent fathers, even without marriage, may want to be involved in the adolescent mother's pregnancy and childrearing, whereas others may be unable or unwilling to provide support to the mother and newborn. The nurse will give the mother emotional support, but this should not negate the father's role in also providing such support if he so chooses.
You might also like to view...
The causes of confusion are grouped into five categories known as the five Ds. These categories consist of damage, delirium, dementia, depression, and __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
A nurse is involved with a group who advocates for improved and effective psychiatric services and consumer empowerment. Which of the following groups is the nurse most likely working with?
a. NAMI Consumer Council b. National Mental Health Consumer's As-sociation (NMHCA) c. National Association of Psychiatric Sur-vivors (NAPS) d. Consumer/Survivor Mental Health Re-search and Policy Work Group
The nurse is instructing a client on self-administration of insulin so that the client will not need a health care provider to do this activity. The nurse is implementing which of the following aspects of Virginia Henderson's theory of nursing?
1. A caring relationship 2. Helping the client achieve independence from the nurse's assistance as quickly as possible 3. Integration of objective and subjective data 4. Application of critical thinking
A program to recruit advanced-practice nurses to practice in a rural community is being developed. The program developers have applied to receive federal training monies to help fund the costs of the program
Which of the following questions must be addressed when they apply for these funds? a. "Does the health of the clients improve as a result of interventions?" b. "Have professional schools increased enrollment?" c. "Are advanced-practice nurses taught to embrace rural cultural values?" d. "Should improvements be made to the buildings and equipment at the agency?"