The nurse is teaching the caregivers how to handle a 2-year-old's ...

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The nurse is teaching the caregivers how to handle a 2-year-old's negativism. Which of the following communications to the child by the caregivers would indicate they had understood the nurse's teaching?
 
  a. Do you want lunch now?
  b. Do you want peanut butter or bologna for lunch?
  c. If you don't stop for lunch now, you will have to go in time-out.
  d. If you don't hurry up and eat, we won't have time to go to the store.

Question 2

A mother tells the nurse that she is frustrated by her toddler saying no to everything she says. Which of the following statements by the nurse would be true and most helpful to the mother?
 
  a. Reform every question so the child will have to say yes' to get what she wants.
  b. This is an expression of your child's search for autonomy, and it will usually stop by about 30 months of age.
  c. Walk away from your child when she tells you no,' and pay attention when she says yes,' so you can modify this behavior.
  d. Start telling the child no' whenever she asks you for something so she will get the idea that negativity is not rewarding.

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Answer to Question 1

B

Feedback
A Incorrect: Communications to the child by the caregivers that would indicate they had understood the nurse's teaching about how to handle a 2-year-old's negativism would not be Do you want lunch now?
B Correct: Communications to the child by the caregivers that would indicate they had understood the nurse's teaching about how to handle a 2-year-old's negativism would be Do you want peanut butter or bologna for lunch?
C Incorrect: Communications to the child by the caregivers that would indicate they had understood the nurse's teaching about how to handle a 2-year-old's negativism would not be If you don't stop for lunch now, you will have to go in time-out.
D Incorrect: Communications to the child by the caregivers that would indicate they had understood the nurse's teaching about how to handle a 2-year-old's negativism would not be If you don't hurry up and eat, we won't have time to go to the store.

Answer to Question 2

B

Feedback
A Incorrect: The statement by the nurse responding to a mother who verbalizes she is frustrated by her toddler saying no to everything she says that would be true and most helpful is not Reform every question so the child will have to say yes' to get what she wants.
B Correct: The statement by the nurse responding to a mother who verbalizes she is frustrated by her toddler saying no to everything she says that would be true and most helpful is This is an expression of your child's search for autonomy, and it will usually stop by about 30 months of age.
C Incorrect: The statement by the nurse responding to a mother who verbalizes she is frustrated by her toddler saying no to everything she says that would be true and most helpful is not Walk away from your child when she tells you no,' and pay attention when she says yes,' so you can modify this behavior.
D Incorrect: The statement by the nurse responding to a mother who verbalizes she is frustrated by her toddler saying no to everything she says that would be true and most helpful is not Start telling the child no' whenever she asks you for something so she will get the idea that negativity is not rewarding.