The nurse's role in facilitating successful childrearing in unmarried teenage mothers includes what?

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Competence in a teenage mother is increased when feedback is provided about positive parenting skills and use of community resources.The nurse can identify and refer the mother to programs such as support groups for adolescent mothers,infant stimulation programs,and parenting programs.Facilitating marriage between the mother and the father of the baby may produce additional stress and detract from their ability to care for the infant.Encouraging the infant's grandmother to take responsibility for care would decrease the mother's ability to develop successful childrearing behaviors.Supportive families can provide assistance to enable the teenage mother to complete school.Many adolescents do not have a future perspective for themselves.The nurse includes information on normal infant development to aid the mother in having reasonable expectations.

The Nurse's Role in Facilitating Successful Childrearing in Unmarried Teenage