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Postpartum Care
The nurse making rounds enters the postpartum client’s room and overhears her talking to a friend on the telephone: “I used the breathing and it worked. I pushed about four times and the baby just slipped out.” The nurse recognizes this as a sign that the mother is in which of the following stages?
Explanation
ExplanationThe client’s conversation reviews the birth experience, evidence of the dependent: taking-in phase. During the dependent-independent: taking-hold phase, the mother exhibits eagerness to learn and practice care of the infant and self. Focus on the family as a unit with interacting members is evidence of the interdependent: letting-go phase. The dependent-interdependent is not a phase of maternal postpartum adjustment.
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