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What is family centered care? - Answer It promotes a relationship in which family members and professionals work together to ensure the best services for the child and family Give an example of providing atraumatic care. - Answer Setting up a small playground for hospitalized children Nuclear Family - Answer a couple and their dependent children Blended Family - Answer when you and your partner make a life together with the children from one or both of your previous relationships Extended Family - Answer a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household What are the rules for disciplining using "time-outs" (Include length of time, location and type of timing system used)? - Answer 1 minute per year of age for length of time in time-out, and there needs to be an area for time-out that is safe, convenient, and unstimulating, but where the child can be monitored, such as the bathroom, hallway, or laundry room. What factors determine the impact of divorce on children? What are some of the common characteristics in the custodial household after divorce? - Answer -factors include: the age and sex of the children, the outcome of the divorce, and the quality of the parent-child relationship and parental care during the years following the divorce -Frightened and confused, Blame themselves for the divorce, Fear of abandonment, Increased irritability, whining, tantrums; Regressive behaviors (e.g., thumb sucking, loss of elimination control); Separation anxiety What are 2 benefits of breastfeeding that the nurse can share with the mother to persuade her to initiate breastfeeding for her newborn? - Answer Stronger immune system & cheaper (formula is expensive/breast milk=free) What is meconium (include description) and when should we expect it? - Answer -First stool of the newborn; it is black, tarry, and sticky -should occur within the first 24 to 48 hours How much urine should a newborn produce? When do we expect the first void? - Answer The first voiding should occur within 24 hours. Total volume of urine per 24 hours is about 200 to 300 ml by the end of the first week. How much weight loss is expected during the first week of life? - Answer 10 % of their body weight What is the expected weight at 6 months and 12 months for an infant who had a birth weight of 7 lbs 4 oz? - Answer -14 lbs and 8 oz at 6 months -21 lbs and 12 oz at 12 months