An 8-year-old child with a chronic illness is returning home after an extended hospital stay.
She tires easily but is mobile and active with arts and crafts when she has energy. What should the nurse suggest to the parents to support the child's socialization needs?
A) Find a local Brownie troop and talk to the leader about including the child in activities with all other troop members, but make sure she rests if necessary
B) Find an art teacher who can come to the home to help the child explore art projects
C) Go to the local library and get some children's craft books to use to entertain the child
D) Arrange for the child to take home some of the tools and supplies she has enjoyed working with while hospitalized
Question 2
The nurse is teaching a group of caregivers of chronically ill school-age children ways to promote self-care. Which suggestion would be the most appropriate to suggest to this group of caregivers?
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
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