Author Question: When facilitating the bonding process, when is the best time during the infant's sleep-wake cycle to ... (Read 28 times)

fox · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

When facilitating the bonding process, when is the best time during the infant's sleep-wake cycle to encourage maternal interactions?

a. Light-sleep c. Quiet-alert
b. Active-alert d. Awake-alert

Question 2

A nursing instructor has just completed a class on the systems theory of families. Which comment or comments by the students would indicate that further clarification is needed? (Select all that apply.)

a. Family systems theories describe an
ecological model.
b. The family as a whole is greater than, and different from, the sum of its arts.
c. A change such as illness in one member of the family has no effect on the functioning of the entire family.
d. Families create a balance between change and stability.
e. Family systems are part of larger suprasys-tems and are composed of many subsystems.
f. Family members' behaviors are better un-derstood from the perspective of linear rather than circular causality.

akpaschal · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
During the quiet-alert stage, the neonate is most responsive to stimulation. During light-sleep the neonate is either entering deeper sleep or beginning to wake up and not alert. During the active-alert stage, the neonate is not as receptive to stimulation. Awake-alert is not classified as a stage of newborn sleep-wake states.

Answer to Question 2

C, F
The instructor would recognize that clarification is needed if students respond that a change in one family member has no effect on the entire family and that family member's behaviors should be viewed from a lineal perspective. Family systems theories describe an ecological model. Family systems are part of larger suprasystems and are composed of many subsystems. The family as a whole is greater than, and different from, the sum of its parts. A change in one member of the family affects the family as a whole and all the members. Families create a balance between change and stability. Family members' behaviors are better understood from the perspective of circular rather than linear causality.