Which of the following statements best describes child ...

[jake]

Which of the following statements best describes child abandonment?
 
  a. leaving town quickly and never looking back
  b. failure to pick up children promptly then others are caring for them or failure to let the children know there you are
  c. desertion of a child without arranging for reasonable care and providing no communication about caregiver's location
  d. caregivers intentionally withholding, without cause or excuse, care, presence, love, protection, maintenance, and affection

Question 2

You are the nurse admitting a 5-year-old child to the pediatric unit. The mother says that she feels certain the child will be all right with the parents taking turns being at the hospital in the evenings only.
 
  The mother mentions that the child has been attending day care for several years. Which of the following is the nurse's best response? a. Hospitalization can be very stressful to a child without a familiar person. If you can arrange to be here more, it will help your child.
  b. Some children who have been in day care do fine with just the nurse.
  c. I will personally take care of your child whenever I am here, so you won't have to worry about the care at all.
  d. Perhaps you could hire a private duty nurse's aide or a nurse for part of the day.

[Anna]

Answer to Question 1

C

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A Incorrect: Child abandonment is not defined as leaving town quickly and never looking back.
B Incorrect: Child abandonment is not defined as failure to pick up children promptly then others are caring for them or failure to let the children know there you are.
C Correct: Child abandonment is defined as desertion of a child without arranging for reasonable care and providing no communication about caregiver's location.
D Incorrect: Child abandonment is not defined as caregivers intentionally withholding, without cause or excuse, care, presence, love, protection, maintenance, and affection.

Answer to Question 2

A

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A Correct. The critical importance of caregiver presence in the hospital may need to be explained to families because young children are often cared for by others during the day, and the impact of separation in a strange environment may not be fully understood.
B Incorrect. Upon hearing a mother of an admitted 5-year-old child say that she feels certain the child will be all right with the parents taking turns being at the hospital in the evenings only, the nurse's best response will not be: Some children who have been in day care do fine with just the nurse.
C Incorrect. Upon hearing a mother of an admitted 5-year-old child say that she feels certain the child will be all right with the parents taking turns being at the hospital in the evenings only, the nurse's best response will not be: I will personally take care of your child whenever I am here, so you won't have to worry about the care at all.
D Incorrect. Upon hearing a mother of an admitted 5-year-old child say that she feels certain the child will be all right with the parents taking turns being at the hospital in the evenings only, the nurse's best response will not be: Perhaps you could hire a private duty nurse's aide or a nurse for part of the day.

[jake]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[recede]

Wow, this really help