A child is admitted to the hospital unit with physical injuries. The nurse is taking the child's history. The statement by the parent that would be most suspicious for abuse is
1. "I did not realize that my babywas able to roll over yet and I was just gone a minute to check on dinner when the baby rolled off of the couch and onto our tile floor."
2. "The baby's 18-month-old brotherwas trying to pull the baby out of the crib and dropped the baby on the floor."
3. "I placed the baby in the infantswing.His 6-year-old brother was running through the house and tripped over the swing,causing it to fall."
4. "I was walking up the steps andslipped on the ice,falling while carrying my baby."
Answer:2
Rationale: All of the statements made by the parents are plausible from a developmental prospective except the statement,"The baby's 18-month-old brother was trying to pull the baby out of the crib and dropped the baby on the floor."Developmentally,it would be very difficult for an 18-month-old child to pull an infant out of a crib.
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