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Prenatal development

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You are a nurse at an outpatient clinic. You overhear your teenage patient talking to her friend on the phone saying that prenatal care is a waste of time for a mother who is young and healthy.

Questions

What can you tell your patient about prenatal care in teenage mothers and about infant mortality in the United States? Your answer should include something about:
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Spina bifida (folic acid)
Which prenatal development stage do you think is the most sensitive time for gestation? What happens during that stage, and why is it important?
What other behaviors of the mother may affect the health of a child before, or very early in, pregnancy? Include some of the following in your answer: exercise, diet, drug use, and smoking.

Prenatal Development

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With the evolution of Google, accessible information, the study of genetics, prenatal tests, social media, and many other sources of information for new parents, the process of preparing for a healthy baby can be overwhelming.
For this first journal assignment, reflect on the substance and theoretical foundation of what you have learned this week about prenatal development. Then write a reflective essay that addresses the following:
1) Comment on how this week’s learning and materials compliment, oppose, and/or affect change in your positions and attitudes on the relevant subject matter.
2) From this reflection, formulate and articulate three pieces of advice to help expecting parents ensure healthy development of their baby.
3) Analyze how your recommendations are grounded in relevant theory.
4) Explain how a decision to ground your recommendations in a different theoretical framework might have affected your decisions and actions.
5) Based on your response to the previous question, describe what you see as the proper or optimal way to think about the relationship between theory and practice.
6) Explain how the recommendations you selected help to ensure healthy development.
7) Explain how ethical concerns might arise related to things such as prenatal tests and predictions.

Prenatal development

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Prenatal development is influenced by many factors, including teratogens. A teratogen is an environmental
agent that can interfere with normal prenatal development. Select a teratogen (e.g., nicotine, alcohol, radiation)
and explain its effects on a developing fetus.