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awywial

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The nurse is working in a high-risk maternity unit. Which of the following mothers should the nurse counsel against breastfeeding?
 
  A. A mother with a poorly-balanced diet
   B. A mother who is overweight
   C. A mother who is HIV-positive
   D. A mother who has twins

Question 2

The nurse is working with a new mother who has fed her newborn twice in the past 12 hours. The nurse instructs the mother how to encourage a sleepy baby to breastfeed.
 
  Which of the following methods should the nurse include in teaching the mother how to get her sleepy baby to feed? (Select all that apply.) A. Provide skin-to-skin contact.
   B. Swaddle the newborn in a blanket.
   C. Allow the newborn to feel and smell mother's breast.
   D. Give the baby a bottle feeding between breast feedings.
   E. Turn the volume of the TV up.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C



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