You teach a child to imagine that she is swimming in a cool, shady park where nothing can harm her during a blood-drawing procedure. This technique is called
A) imagery.
B) thought stopping.
C) park therapy.
D) nerve stimulation.
Question 2
You teach a child to use a FACES pain rating scale prior to surgery. At that time, she points to the smiling face. Following surgery when you suspect she has pain, she points again to the smiling face. You would interpret this as
A) she does not have pain.
B) she is using the scale to predict what she would like, not what she has.
C) she has difficulty focusing on the right side of the scale.
D) you must be interpreting her degree of pain falsely.