A 9-year-old has come to the nurse's office at the school complaining of arm pain. The nurse examines the arm and notices fingertip bruises on the forearm, as if it has been squeezed tightly
The nurse talks to the child about how the arm got the bruises. The next action the school nurse should take is: 1. Report this to the classroom teacher, principal, and Child Protective Services since it is a questionable mark on the forearm.
2. Let the child go back to the classroom since this is a normal bruising pattern that children get at this age through play.
3. Let the child go back to the classroom since the child explains that the bruises came from a game of tag.
4. Document the bruising and follow up with the child in two days to make sure it is healing.
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1. The nurse is a mandatory reporter and should speak with the people listed because bruising like this is abnormal for a child.
2. This is an abnormal bruising pattern for child.
3. Documentation and notification should occur because this is an abnormal bruising pattern for a child.
4. Documentation and notification should occur because this is an abnormal bruising pattern for a child.
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