How should preterm babies be handled? What are the controversies, and how do you feel about how this question should be answered?
What will be an ideal response?
As with many medical decisions, viewpoints about how to handle preterm babies have changed over time. Early thinking was to handle them as little as necessary. The belief was that infants were not ready for a great deal of stimulation and it was better to under-stimulate than to over-stimulate. Concerns over the need for mothers to attach and bond to their infants as soon as possible have altered these views. Current thinking is that close contact and stimulation is good for the preterm infant, just as it is good for the full-term infant. Unless there is something physically wrong with the child that would require oxygen or extended time in an incubator, there appears to be no clear documentation that handling the preterm infant is harmful.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) the physiological triggers that tell us we may be deprived of something and cause us to seek out what is needed, such as food. B) the body's physiological processes that allow it to maintain consistent internal states in response to the outer environment. C) the stimuli we seek to reduce the drives such as social approval and companionship, food, water, and other needs. D) the physiological and psychological processes underlying the initiation of behaviors that direct organisms toward specific goals.