Author Question: The mother of a 5-year-old boy calls the nurse and asks how to assist the child with the recent ... (Read 59 times)

asan beg · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The mother of a 5-year-old boy calls the nurse and asks how to assist the child with the recent death of his paternal grandfather. The boy keeps asking when his grandpa is coming back. How should the nurse respond?

A) It is best to just ignore this and do not respond to his questions.
B) This is normal; children his age do not understand the permanence of death.
C) You have to keep repeating that his grandfather is never coming back.
D) He will eventually figure this out on his own.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a 5-year-old girl following a tonsillectomy. The girl looks out the window and tells the nurse that it is raining: The sky is crying because it is sad that my throat hurts.

The nurse understands that the girl is demonstrating which mental process? A) Magical thinking
B) Centration
C) Transduction
D) Animism

fraziera112 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Response:
The nurse needs to remind the mother that preschoolers do not completely understand the concept of death or its permanence. Telling the mother that it is best to ignore the boy's questions or that the boy will eventually figure this out on his own does not teach. Repeating that the grandfather is not coming back does not consider the developmental stage of the child and is inappropriate.

Answer to Question 2

A
Response:
The girl is demonstrating magical thinking, a normal part of preschool development. The preschool-age child believes his or her thoughts to be all-powerful. Transduction is reasoning by viewing one situation as the basis for another situation, whether or not the two are truly causally linked. Animism is attributing life-like qualities to inanimate objects. Centration is focusing on one aspect of a situation while neglecting others.