Author Question: What factors influence the effects of a child's hospitalization on siblings? (Select all that ... (Read 55 times)

james · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

What factors influence the effects of a child's hospitalization on siblings? (Select all that apply.)

a. Older siblings
b. Experiencing minimal changes
c. Receiving little information about their ill brother or sister
d. Being cared for outside the home by care providers who are not relatives
e. Perceiving that their parents treat them differently compared with before their sibling's hospitalization

Question 2

What influences a child's reaction to the stressors of hospitalization? (Select all that apply.)

a. Gender
b. Separation
c. Support systems
d. Developmental age
e. Previous experience with illness

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

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C, D, E
Various factors have been identified that influence the effects of a child's hospitalization on siblings. Factors that are related specifically to the hospital experience and increase the effects on the sibling are being cared for outside the home by care providers who are not relatives, receiving little information about their ill brother or sister, and perceiving that their parents treat them differently compared with before their sibling's hospitalization. Being younger, not older, and experiencing many changes, not minimal changes, are factors that influence the effects of a child's hospitalization on siblings.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, C, D, E
Major stressors of hospitalization include separation, loss of control, bodily injury, and pain. Children's reactions to these crises are influenced by their developmental age; previous experience with illness, separation, or hospitalization; innate and acquired coping skills; seriousness of the diagnosis; and support systems available. Gender does not have an effect on a child's reaction to stressors of hospitalization.