The nurse is caring for a 15-year-old pregnant adolescent during the labor and delivery process. The client has no support person with her, and she plans to give up her baby for adoption. What nursing intervention can the nurse implement to facilitate the grieving process for this client?

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A)The adolescent who is planning to give up her baby for adoption should be given the option of seeing and holding her baby. This facilitates the grieving process. However, seeing or holding the newborn should be her choice. The nurse should not discourage the adolescent from seeing her baby and should not encourage the adolescent to sign adoption papers as soon as possible after the birth. Because of privacy concerns, the nurse should not encourage the adolescent to have the adoptive parents present for the birth except for special circumstances as determined by the client, not the nurse.
B)The adolescent who is planning to give up her baby for adoption should be given the option of seeing and holding her baby. This facilitates the grieving process. However, seeing or holding the newborn should be her choice. The nurse should not discourage the adolescent from seeing her baby and should not encourage the adolescent to sign adoption papers as soon as possible after the birth. Because of privacy concerns, the nurse should not encourage the adolescent to have the adoptive parents present for the birth except for special circumstances as determined by the client, not the nurse.
C)The adolescent who is planning to give up her baby for adoption should be given the option of seeing and holding her baby. This facilitates the grieving process. However, seeing or holding the newborn should be her choice. The nurse should not discourage the adolescent from seeing her baby and should not encourage the adolescent to sign adoption papers as soon as possible after the birth. Because of privacy concerns, the nurse should not encourage the adolescent to have the adoptive parents present for the birth except for special circumstances as determined by the client, not the nurse.
D)The adolescent who is planning to give up her baby for adoption should be given the option of seeing and holding her baby. This facilitates the grieving process. However, seeing or holding the newborn should be her choice. The nurse should not discourage the adolescent from seeing her baby and should not encourage the adolescent to sign adoption papers as soon as possible after the birth. Because of privacy concerns, the nurse should not encourage the adolescent to have the adoptive parents present for the birth except for special circumstances as determined by the client, not the nurse.

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