Check Your Understanding Questions

1.

Discuss how the nurse can assist patients in addressing cultural traditions during postpartum.

2.

Describe the “taking-in” phase of Rubin’s theory.

3.

Describe positive and negative signs of parent-infant attachment.

4.

Discuss how people with substance use disorders are at risk for impaired maternal-newborn attachment.

5.

List several ways the nurse can help the adolescent transition into the parenting role successfully.

6.

Describe the postpartum nursing interventions for persons with a history of abuse.

7.

Prior to the postpartum person being discharged, what would indicate to the nurse that the person is safe and ready for discharge?