Author Question: The nurse is assessing coping behaviors of a family with a child with a chronic illness. What ... (Read 55 times)

awywial · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The nurse is assessing coping behaviors of a family with a child with a chronic illness. What indicates avoidance coping behaviors? (Select all that apply.)

a. Refuses to agree to treatment
b. Avoids staff, family members, or child
c. Is unable to discuss possible loss of the child
d. Recognizes own growth through a passage of time
e. Makes no change in lifestyle to meet the needs of other family members

Question 2

What are supportive interventions that can assist a toddler with a chronic illness to meet developmental milestones? (Select all that apply.)

a. Give choices.
b. Provide sensory experiences.
c. Avoid discipline and limit setting.
d. Discourage negative and ritualistic behaviors.
e. Encourage independence in as many areas as possible.

pangili4 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, C, E
Avoidance coping behaviors include refusing to agree to treatment; avoiding staff, family members, or child; unable to discuss possible loss of the child; and making no change in lifestyle to meet the needs of other family members. Recognizing one's own growth through a passage of time is an approach behavior.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B, E
To encourage autonomy, choices should be given and independence encouraged in as many areas as possible. Sensory experiences should be encouraged to help the toddler to learn through sensorimotor experiences. Age-appropriate discipline and limit setting should be initiated. Negative and ritualistic behaviors are normal and should be allowed.