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student77 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

A nurse is assigned to four children of different ages. In which age group should the nurse understand that body integrity is a concern?

a. Toddler
b. Preschooler
c. School-age child
d. Adolescent

Question 2

The nurse's approach when introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler should be based on which principle?

a. The child may think the equipment is alive.
b. The child is too young to understand what the equipment does.
c. Explaining the equipment will only increase the child's fear.
d. One brief explanation will be enough to reduce the child's fear.

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

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
School-age children have a heightened concern about body integrity. They place importance and value on their bodies and are oversensitive to anything that constitutes a threat or suggestion of injury. Body integrity is not as important a concern to toddlers, preschoolers, or adolescents.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Young children attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects. They often fear that the objects may jump, bite, cut, or pinch all by themselves without human direction. Equipment should be kept out of sight until needed. The child should be given simple concrete explanations about what the equipment does and how it will feel to the child. Simple, concrete explanations will help alleviate the child's fear. The preschooler will need repeated explanations as reassurance.