While planning care for a preschool child who has been physically and sexually abused, the nurse includes play therapy because it assists the child to:
1. Act out aggression in an acceptable manner
2. Express feelings that cannot easily be verbalized
3. Interact with other children in the appropriate age group
4. Learn adaptive behaviors through acting
ANS: 2
Abused children, especially young children, are unable to put feelings into words as they describe events. Play therapy affords the tools through which the child can access and work through feel-ings. The other options are not purposes of play therapy.
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