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

question 5

Multiple Choice

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

• 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:

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