To promote a child's cooperation during your examination, your approach to the examination should be to:
a. ask the parent to give the child a bottle during the examination.
b. sing songs with the child during the ex-amination.
c. conduct the physical examination on the child while the parent is holding the child.
d. let the child play with examination room equipment to feel more comfortable.
C
For children, the examination sequence depends on their cooperation for as long as possible. To promote this, examine the child while the parent is holding the child, which maximizes inspection and opportunities for physical examination.
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