Author Question: When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid, the nurse's approach should ... (Read 50 times)

KimWrice · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid, the nurse's approach should be based on which principle?

a. The child may think the equipment is alive.
b. The child is too young to understand what the equipment does.
c. Explaining the equipment will only increase the child's fear.
d. One brief explanation is enough to reduce the child's fear.

Question 2

Match the sequence of cephalocaudal development that the nurse expects to find in the normal infant with the appropriate step numbers. Begin with the first development expected, sequencing to the final.

a. Crawl d. Gain complete head control
b. Sit unsupported e. Walk
c. Lift head when prone

35. Step 1

36. Step 2

37. Step 3

38. Step 4

39. Step 5

britb2u · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Young children attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects. They often fear that the objects may jump, bite, cut, or pinch all by themselves without human direction. Equipment should be kept out of sight until needed. The child should be given simple concrete explanations about what the equipment does and how it will feel to the child. Simple, concrete explanations help alleviate the child's fear. The preschooler will need repeated explanations as reassurance.

Answer to Question 2

35. ANS: C
36. ANS: D
37. ANS: B
38. ANS: A
39. ANS: E