Author Question: The nurse's role in facilitating successful childrearing in unmarried teenage mothers includes what? ... (Read 29 times)

rlane42 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse's role in facilitating successful childrearing in unmarried teenage mothers includes what?

a. Facilitating marriage between the mother and father of the baby
b. Teaching the adolescent the long-term needs of the growing child
c. Providing information and feedback about positive parenting skills
d. Encouraging the infant's grandmother to take responsibility for care

Question 2

What is a major physical risk for young adolescents during pregnancy?

a. Osteoporosis frequently develops.
b. Fetopelvic disproportion is a common problem.
c. Delivery is usually precipitous in this age group.
d. Pregnancy will adversely affect the adolescent's development.

Dominic · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Competence in a teenage mother is increased when feedback is provided about positive parenting skills and use of community resources. The nurse can identify and refer the mother to programs such as support groups for adolescent mothers, infant stimulation programs, and parenting programs. Facilitating marriage between the mother and the father of the baby may produce additional stress and detract from their ability to care for the infant. Encouraging the infant's grandmother to take responsibility for care would decrease the mother's ability to develop successful childrearing behaviors. Supportive families can provide assistance to enable the teenage mother to complete school. Many adolescents do not have a future perspective for themselves. The nurse includes information on normal infant development to aid the mother in having reasonable expectations.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Teenagers younger than 15 years of age have increased obstetric risks. Fetopelvic disproportion is one of the most common complications. Osteoporosis occurs later in life and is not related to adolescent pregnancy. Prolonged, not precipitous, labor is common in this age group. Teenage mothers are socially, educationally, psychologically, and economically disadvantaged. Support is necessary because the tasks of motherhood are superimposed on adolescent development tasks.