A 16-year-old has a stiff neck, headache, fever of 103F, and the nurse notes purpuric lesions on the child's legs. Although the adolescent's physical needs take priority at the present time, the nurse can expect which psychologic stressor to be the most significant for this adolescent?
1. Fear of getting behind in schoolwork
2. Separation from friends and permanent changes in appearance
3. Separation from parents and home
4. Fear of painful procedures and bodily mutilation
Question 2
The emergency department (ED) nurse is talking with a preschooler about the death of the child's parents in a motor vehicle crash. Which should the nurse take into consideration when formulating the client's plan of care?
1. Preschool-age children often believe that death is their fault.
2. Preschool-age children believe death is permanent.
3. Preschool-age children engage in reality-based thinking.
4. Preschool-age children may believe the parents will not come back home.
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