Pediatric Nursing by Kathryn Rudd,Diane Kocisko

Exercise 10

A 1-week-old infant with a fetal ultrasound report describing clubfeet is in the clinic. The family history is positive for father with unilateral clubfoot treated as an infant. The mother is crying and anxious because the infant's grandmother told her terrible things about the treatment when her husband was a baby. You want to calm the mother down and allow her time to grieve and then explain which of the following about clubfoot?
A) There is a hereditary component in 50% of cases.
B) Clubfoot is easily treated with serial casting and possibly minor surgical repair to lengthen the Achilles tendon.
C) The infant will be fully functional by walking age.
D) The infant will not remember the treatment provided.
E) All of the above