Answer to Question 1
ANS: A, C, D, E
Many stressors can have a negative impact on the bonding process, including a chaotic home life, lack of family support, poverty, substance abuse, and concerns about child care if the mother must return to work. Disappointment in the birth experience may be an issue for some women with bonding difficulties, but it is not a typical cause of this problem.
Answer to Question 2
ANS: A, B, D
Because epidural or spinal anesthesia causes loss of sensation in the legs, women are kept on bedrest after cesarean birth until the sensation returns (unless they had general anesthesia). This increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis, so compression stockings or sequential compression devices and ankle exercises are important. The woman does not need to be kept NPO until she is allowed out of bed, nor does she need supervision to hold her infant while in bed.