Author Question: The nurse is working with a breast-feeding couplet and attempting to assist the infant with position ... (Read 81 times)

123654777 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse is working with a breast-feeding couplet and attempting to assist the infant with position and latch.

The nurse is asking the mother to place the infant abdomen to mother abdomen and tuck the infant's lower arm between her arm and breast and the mother's arm on the infant's back with the infant's head in the bend of the mother's elbow. What is the common name for this position?
A) Side-lying
B) Football hold
C) Cradle hold
D) Cross-cradle hold

Question 2

What should the nurse encourage the mother to avoid when teaching how to have the infant latch onto the breast?

A) Wide open mouth
B) Tongue down
C) Bottom lip out
D) Nipple tip only