Michael and Nancy, who were married three months ago, now find Nancy is pregnant. They are very excited about becoming parents, but soon realize that their current life situation is not what they had hoped it would be when they considered children; Michael recently was laid off from his job, and Nancy works as a cashier for minimum wage. In addition, they currently live in an efficiency apartment.
1. No these are not normal stressors for Michael and Nancy at this point of time where they are expecting a child to arrive in their lives.
2. Michael and Nancy may show their physical indications of stress by various different methods, such as,
- smoking cigarettes
- consuming alcohol
- quarrelling with each other
- physically and verbally abusing eachother etc.
3. NANDA diagnosis applicable for Michael and Nancy's situation are:
- ineffective coping mechanism related to pregnancy as evidenced by change in behavioural patterns.
- risk for altered parent infant attachment
- knowledge deficit related to the newborn care
- altered role or role change related to new responsibilities
Michael and Nancy, who were married three months ago, now find Nancy is pregnant. They are...