A nurse plans to offer an infant a pacifier during the period he is NPO. The rationale for this intervention is based on which theorist?
a. Erikson c. Kohlberg
b. Piaget d. Freud
D
Freud described the infancy stage as the oral stage. The infant obtains pleasure and comfort through the mouth; therefore, offering the pacifier while an infant is NPO can be comforting. Erikson describes the infant stage as the need to establish trust versus mistrust by loving parent figures meeting the infant's basic needs promptly, consistently, and predictably. Piaget describes infancy as a stage of sensorimotor learning. The infant learns from movement and sensory input. Kohlberg's theory relates to moral development and is not an appropriate choice.
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