Twenty-four hours after being transferred from the pediatric intensive care unit to the regular pediatrics floor, the seven-year-old child is asked about his experience in the PICU
The child says he was not in the PICU but came directly to the floor from the ambulance ride. The nurse recognizes this is a coping behavior for the child known as: 1. Repression.
2. Regression.
3. Amnesia.
4. Developmental delay.
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Rationale 1: Repression is the involuntary forgetting of an experience due to the stress of the situation.
Rationale 2: Regression is a return to earlier behaviors, such as loss of continence or asking for a bottle in a toddler.
Rationale 3: Amnesia is the loss of memory that can result from a head injury. There is no indication of a head injury occurring in this child.
Rationale 4: Developmental delay refers to a child whose behavior is not appropriate for the chronologic age of the child.
Global Rationale:
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