Maternal-Newborn Nursing: The Critical Components of Nursing Care 2nd Edition by Roberta Durham, Linda Chapman

Exercise 1

Your postpartum patient is 10 hours post-birth. She experienced an uncomplicated labor and birth and her newborn is full term with Apgar scores of 9 at 1 minute and 9 at 5 minutes. During your assessment, you note that she was hungry and very interested in telling you about her birth experience. You had to remind her to change her baby's diaper and to feed her baby. Based on this assessment you determine that she is:
A) Having difficulty bonding with her baby
B) Not concerned about her baby's needs
C) In the taking-in phase
D) In the taking-hold phase