In Follow-Up Appointments or Visits with Parents and Their New

question 6

Multiple Choice

In follow-up appointments or visits with parents and their new baby, it may be useful if the nurse can identify parental behaviors that can either facilitate or inhibit attachment. Which is a facilitating behavior?

• A) The parents have difficulty naming the infant.
• B) The parents hover around the infant, directing attention to and pointing at the infant.
• C) The parents make no effort to interpret the actions or needs of the infant.
• D) The parents do not move from fingertip touch to palmar contact and holding.

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Definitions:

Somatic Nervous System

Part of the peripheral nervous system that handles voluntary control of body movements through the control of skeletal muscles, and also mediates sensory information.

Peripheral Nervous

Part of the nervous system that consists of the nerves and ganglia outside of the brain and spinal cord, responsible for connecting the CNS to limbs and organs.

Central Nervous

Pertains to the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord, which integrates information and coordinates all bodily functions.

Knee-Jerk Reflex

A rapid, automatic response to a stimulus, such as a physical tap, that causes the knee to jerk involuntarily.