Which does the nurse use to complete a general assessment of a toddler efficiently?
1. The nurse avoids waking the child.
2. The child handles some equipment.
3. The parent or guardian is not present.
4. The nurse palpates and then observes.
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2. The nurse familiarizes the toddler with equipment that is safe for the toddler to handle to begin a general assessment to engage the child in the assessment and to de-crease fear of pain or injury from the equipment. If fearful of pain or injury, the child is likely to be uncooperative and impede the nurse's assessment.
1 and 3. The nurse wants the child awake during the assessment to observe todd-ler-parent (or guardian) interaction.
4. The nurse performs inspection and then palpation for an assessment except for the abdomen, when the nurse inspects and then auscultates.
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