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appyboo · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The school nurse has identified a school-aged girl who has been bullying other children on the way home from school. The nurse realizes that this girl most needs which of the following interventions?

a. punishment c. talk therapy
b. anger management training d. social skills training

Question 2

The school nurse is working with a child who has a crisis-oriented family, which is in crisis mode at the present time. Which of the following methods would be most productive for the nurse to use in helping this child release tension?

a. play c. singing
b. talk d. back rub

Zack0mack0101@yahoo.com · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D

Feedback
A Incorrect: Punishment is not the best intervention for this girl who bullies others.
B Incorrect: Anger management training is not the best intervention for this girl who bullies others.
C Incorrect: Talk therapy is not the best intervention for this girl who bullies others.
D Correct: Developing social skills is one of the primary tasks of the school-age child. For children who lack such skills, one of the ways to express their anger is by bullying others or inflicting verbal or physical harm on another. Children who bully should be provided with alternative means of interacting with peers, including social skills training.

Answer to Question 2

A

Feedback
A Correct: Play is the most productive method for tension reducing and the release of frustrations in this child.
B Incorrect: Talk is not the most productive method for the nurse to use in helping this child release tension.
C Incorrect: Singing is not the most productive method for the nurse to use in helping this child release tension.
D Incorrect: A back rub is not the most productive method for the nurse to use in helping this child release tension.