Author Question: The nurse is working with a group of caregivers of chronically ill, school-age children. In ... (Read 66 times)

ARLKQ · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse is working with a group of caregivers of chronically ill, school-age children.

In discussing ways to promote self-care among this group of children, which of the following suggestions might be the most appropriate to suggest to this group of caregivers? The caregivers could:
A) make a chart of goals the child could do successfully; add a sticker to the chart each time a goal is reached.
B) write a contract with the child, with the reward being a certain privilege when specific self-care tasks are completed a certain number of times.
C) model the task for the child each day until he or she begins to perform the task.
D) encourage the child to socialize with the well children every day so that he or she is motivated to become as independent as those peers.

Question 2

The nurse is working with a 12-year-old hospitalized with a chronic illness. Which of the following actions by the nurse might help the chronically ill preteen thrive while hospitalized?

A) Encourage the patient to wear his or her own clothes, talk to friends on the phone, and interact with other patients who have similar illnesses.
B) Make all treatment and care decisions; the preteen is too young to have any responsibility for his or her own care.
C) Create a clear list of rules for behavior to give the patient when he or she arrives.
D) Encourage the patient to keep his or her limitations foremost in mind when trying a new skill or task at which his or her peers have begun to excel.