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Charlie · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A mother has delivered a healthy newborn. Which action is priority?

a. Encourage close physical contact as soon as possible after birth.
b. Isolate the newborn in the nursery during the first hour after delivery.
c. Never leave the newborn alone with the mother during the first 8 hours after delivery.
d. Do not allow the newborn to remain with parents until the second hour after delivery.

Question 2

A nurse is developing a plan of care concerning growth and development for a hospitalized adolescent. What should the nurse do? (Select all that apply.)

a. Apply developmental theories when making observations of the adolescent's patterns of growth and development.
b. Compare the adolescent's assessment findings versus normal findings.
c. Recognize her own (the nurse's) moral developmental level.
d. Stick with one developmental theory for consistency.
e. Apply a unidimensional life span perspective.

debra928 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
After immediate physical evaluation and application of identification bracelets, the nurse promotes the parents' and newborn's need for close physical contact. Early parent-child interaction encourages parent-child attachment. Most healthy newborns are awake and alert for the first half-hour after birth. This is a good time for parent-child interaction to begin. No evidence in the scenario suggests that the baby cannot be left alone with the parents during the first 8 hours or that the baby should remain in the nursery during the first hour.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B, C
Today's nurses need to be knowledgeable about several theoretical perspectives when working with patients. These theories form the basis for meaningful observation of an individual's pattern of growth and development. They provide important guidelines for nurses to recognize deviations from the norm. Recognizing your own moral developmental level is essential in separating your own beliefs from those of others when helping patients with their moral decision-making process. No one theory successfully describes all the intricacies of human growth and development. Growth and development, as supported by a life span perspective, is multidimensional, not unidimensional.