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saliriagwu · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The nurse is planning to provide a preschool-age patient with an oral medication. Which approach should the nurse use to gain the child's cooperation?

A) Compare the taste of the medicine to a chocolate bar.
B) Offer to play a game with the child if the medicine is swallowed.
C) Ask the child if a cup or oral syringe is preferred to take the medicine.
D) Leave the medicine on the bedside stand; it can be taken independently.

Question 2

The nurse is admitting a 4-year-old child to the hospital for surgery. Before administering medicine, how should the nurse identify this child?

A) Read the child's arm band.
B) Ask the child to state his or her name.
C) Tell the child to state his or her nickname.
D) Say the child's name and see if the child answers.

harveenkau8139 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Feedback:
The child should be offered choices to provide a sense of control. Asking if a cup or oral syringe is preferred is the best approach for the nurse to use to gain the child's cooperation. Medicine should never be compared to chocolate. The child might eat a fatal amount of the medicine when unattended. Offering to play a game is bribing the child and should not be done. The medicine should not be left at the bedside stand. The child might forget to take it and another child might swallow it.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
When asked what is their name, children cannot be depended on to reply with their correct name. Anxious to please, a preschooler will answer the question, Are you Johnny Jones? with yes.. The child may also agree with any other name the nurse states. Stating a nickname would not correctly identify the child.