The nurse is educating the mother of an infant with dermatitis regarding long-term effects of the condition. Which teaching point is appropriate for the nurse to pass on to the mother?
1. "If you use the treatment as prescribed, the dermatitis will be cured."
2. "Because your child has dermatitis now, your child will outgrow the symptoms."
3. "Approximately 60% of infants with dermatitis have symptoms into adulthood."
4. "Once the dermatitis is clear, your child will have no further problems."
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Rationale 1:Assuring the parent that symptoms will be cured and the child will outgrow or have no further symptomatology would be premature at this point.
Rationale 2:About 60% of these infants continue to have symptoms into adulthood.
Rationale 3: Ten percent of infants and young children experience symptoms of dermatitis. Roughly 60% of these infants continue to have symptoms into adulthood.
Rationale 4:Assuring the parent that symptoms will be cured and the child will outgrow or have no further symptomatology would be premature at this point.
Global Rationale: Ten percent of infants and young children experience symptoms of dermatitis. Roughly 60% of these infants continue to have symptoms into adulthood.
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