The nurse is taking care of a school-age child with 50% burns to the head and upper part of the body
The nurse recognizes that the most significant stressors for school-age children with life-threatening illness are: Standard Text: Select all that apply. 1. Painful and invasive procedures.
2. Fear of the medical team.
3. Disfigurement.
4. Separation from family.
5. Loss of self-control.
1,3,4,5
Rationale 1: Fear of painful and invasive procedures will cause stress for children.
Rationale 2: School-age children do not usually have a fear of the medical team.
Rationale 3: One stressor for children is fear of disfigurement.
Rationale 4: Although school-age children can separate from their parents, children will find the separation a stressor when the acuity of their illness increases.
Rationale 5: Children who are hospitalized fear losing control of self.
Global Rationale:
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