First-time expectant fatherhood: nursing care considerations.

The transition to parenthood is a major life event for a man, yet, for the most part, the father remains a stranger, overshadowed by the mother. A brief summary of the author's research findings related to the male experience of expectant and new fatherhood is presented and utilized as the basis for discussion of nursing actions during the antepartum period to support and promote the male transition to parenthood.