After giving birth to a healthy infant boy,a primiparous client,16 years of age,is admitted to the postpartum unit.An appropriate nursing diagnosis for her at this time is "Deficient knowledge of infant care." What should the nurse be certain to include in the plan of care as he or she prepares the client for discharge?
A) Teach the client how to feed and bathe her infant.
B) Give the client written information on bathing her infant.
C) Advise the client that all mothers instinctively know how to care for their infants.
D) Provide time for the client to bathe her infant after she views a demonstration of infant bathing.

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Having the mother demonstrate infant care is a valuable method of assessing the client's understanding of her newly acquired knowledge,especially in this age group,because she may inadvertently neglect her child.Although verbalizing how to care for the infant is a form of client education or providing written information might be useful,neither is the most developmentally appropriate teaching method for a teenage mother.Advising the young woman that all mothers instinctively know how to care for their infants is inappropriate; it is belittling and false.

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