Anurse is providing care to a couple who have experienced intrauterine fetal demise. which action would be least effective in assisting a couple at this time? assist the family in making arrangements for their stillborn infant. give the parents a lock of the infant's hair. allow the couple to spend as much time as they want with their stillborn infant. avoid any discussion of the situation with the couple.

Avoid any discussion of the situation with the couple.

Explanation:

Still birth can be define as the delivery of the dead baby after the gestation period of 20 weeks. It is also called as miscarriage.

In the given situation related to still birth or intrauterine fetal demise the nurse should provide the utmost care to console the parents as well as should take initiative to make arrangement of post delivery and handling the stillborn child.

A nurse should discuss the cause of stillbirth and should not hide any detail or information from the couple.