CASE SCENARIO 3: Mrs. Santos gave birth a bouncing baby boy weighing 2,985 grams via cesarean section at a Provincial Hospital. On the 3rd day of confinement, the infant appears well but the weigh dropped to 2,835 grams and it is recommended that formula be started. The next day the mother complained of pain due to engorged breasts. The hospital’s policy is to keep all normal infants in the nursery where the mother can visit at feeding time. Anthropometric Assessment: Head Circumference: Chest Circumference: Admoninal Circumference: Height: Weight: 2,985 grams GUIDE QUESTIONS: What do you think is the primary problem of the case and why? In identifying the problem, what will be your health teaching to the mother? Is it advisable to begin the formula feeding

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CASE SCENARIO 3:

Mrs. Santos gave birth a bouncing baby boy weighing 2,985 grams via cesarean section at a Provincial Hospital. On the 3rd day of confinement, the infant appears well but the weigh dropped to 2,835 grams and it is recommended that formula be started. The next day the mother complained of pain due to engorged breasts. The hospital’s policy is to keep all normal infants in the nursery where the mother can visit at feeding time.

Anthropometric Assessment:

  • Head Circumference:
  • Chest Circumference:
  • Admoninal Circumference:
  • Height:
  • Weight: 2,985 grams

GUIDE QUESTIONS:

  1. What do you think is the primary problem of the case and why?
  2. In identifying the problem, what will be your health teaching to the mother?
  3. Is it advisable to begin the formula feeding?
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