Nursing care for the relinquishing mother.
Unmarried adolescents with unplanned pregnancies face, along with the usual physiologic and psychologic changes, parental force and/or peer pressure to leave home and live elsewhere and a decision about the relinquishment of the infant. An important figure during the parental and immediate postpartum periods is the nurse. Nursing care required by relinquishing mothers is outlined and recommendations are given.
D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology*