Nursing Care in the Fourth Trimester Includes an Important Intervention

Nursing care in the fourth trimester includes an important intervention sometimes referred to as taking the time to mother the mother. Specifically this expression refers to:

A) Formally initializing individualized care by confirming the woman's and infant's identification (ID) numbers on their respective wrist bands. ("This is your baby.") .
B) Teaching the mother to check the identity of any person who comes to remove the baby from the room. ("It's a dangerous world out there.")
C) Including other family members in the teaching of self-care and child care. ("We're all in this together.")
D) Nurturing the woman by providing encouragement and support as she takes on the many tasks of motherhood.