Answer to Question 1
4
Explanation:
1. Avoid making assumptions about clients based on appearance. It is much better to respectfully ask questions regarding preferences and practices.
2. The nurse should not assume the family does not understand the U.S. healthcare system. It is much better to respectfully ask questions regarding preferences and practices.
3. This is an assumption often based on the false idea that people from other countries only come to have their babies in the United States so they will be citizens and therefore eligible for federal aid. It is much better to respectfully ask questions regarding preferences and practices.
4. Sensitive, nonjudgmental exploration of the family's cultural beliefs regarding newborn care allows the nurse to gain valuable knowledge that will be applied when planning culturally competent care.
Answer to Question 2
1
Explanation:
1. When parents give the first bath with the nurse, the nurse can point out behaviors and characteristics that help the parents understand their infant as unique and can model ways to respond to the baby's behavior.
2. Newborns can focus at a distance of 78 inches, the distance from a baby being held to the parent's face. Eye contact is an important aspect of parentinfant attachment and should be promoted, especially in the immediate time after birth.
3. Babies are usually wide awake and alert and responsive in the first few hours after birth. Interacting with the newborn during this first period of reactivity facilitates parentinfant attachment.
4. Eye contact is an important aspect of parentinfant attachment and should be promoted, especially in the immediate time after birth.