Nurses ‘Roles to Promote Teenage fathers' Roles
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Nurses play a vital role in taking care of teenage parents starting from the period of mothers’ pregnancy until the childrearing period. Nurses also promote the functions of teenage fathers in the transition to balance their teenage roles and father roles. These help mothers and children receive comprehensive care, both physically and mentally. This article aims to review and present nurses’ roles to promote teenage fathers’participation in taking care of mothers and children and in strengthening the family relationship. Nurses’ roles includes several phases. Firstly, during teenage mothers’ pregnancy, nurses should assess teenage fathers’ feeling towards the wives’ pregnancy,provide specific care for teenage fathers, promote teenage fathers’ roles, promote equality between men and women, and perform a risk assessment of teenage fathers. During delivery, nurses should provide physical and mental support for both mothers and fathers,and promote father-mother-infant bonding. During the postpartum period, nurses should
encourage the fathers to engage in parenting roles, support breastfeeding, and recommend proper contraceptive methods for birth control. During a childrearing period, nurses should encourage fathers’ participation in childrearing and promote a similar pattern of childrearing among family members to prevent any family conflicts.
Keywords: Nurse’s roles, Father’s roles, Teenager
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บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในรามาธิบดีพยาบาลสาร ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสาร หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่หรือเพื่อกระทำการใด ใด จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจากรามาธิบดีพยาบาลสารก่อนเท่านั้น
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