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The nurse is planning to assess the amount of pain that a 15-year-old child is experiencing after a motor vehicle crash. Which pain scale should the nurse use to measure this patient's pain?
 
  A) CRIES
  B) FACES
  C) Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool
  D) The COMFORT Behavior Scale

Question 2

The nurse is providing anticipatory guidance for parents of a preschooler regarding sex education. Which of the following is a recommended guideline when dealing with this issue?
 
  A) Be prepared to thoroughly cover a topic before the child asks about it.
  B) Before answering questions, find out what the child thinks about the subject.
  C) Expand upon the topic when answering questions to prevent further confusion.
  D) Provide a less than honest response to shelter the child from knowledge that is too advanced.



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Answer to Question 1

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The Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool combines a visual activity and a numerical scale. On one half of the form is an outline figure showing the anterior and posterior view of a child. To use the tool, tell a child to color in the figure, drawing at the point where pain is felt. In addition, on the right side of the form, tell the child to rate present pain in reference to no pain, little pain, medium pain, large pain, and worst possible pain.. For a third activity, tell children to point to or circle as many words as possible on the form that describe their pain. The scale is suggested for use in children 8 through 17 years of age. The CRIES tool and COMFORT Behavior Scale are tools appropriate for use with infants. The FACES tool is appropriate for use with small children starting around age 3 years.

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Preschoolers are very inquisitive and want to learn about everything around them; therefore, they are very likely to ask questions about sex and where babies come from. Before attempting to answer questions, parents should try to find out first what the child is really asking and what the child already thinks about that subject. Then they should provide a simple, direct, and honest answer. The child needs only the information that he or she is requesting.



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