The emergency department (ED) nurse is talking with a preschooler about the death of the child's parents in a motor vehicle crash. Which should the nurse take into consideration when formulating the client's plan of care?
1. Preschool-age children often believe that death is their fault.
2. Preschool-age children believe death is permanent.
3. Preschool-age children engage in reality-based thinking.
4. Preschool-age children may believe the parents will not come back home.
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Explanation:
1. Preschoolers engage in magical thinking, and might believe they wished or caused the death of their parents.
2. Preschoolers do not have a concept of death as permanent; therefore, they might expect their parents to return home.
3. Preschoolers engage in magical thinking, and might believe they wished or caused the death of their parents.
4. Preschoolers do not have a concept of death as permanent; therefore, they might expect their parents to return home.
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