A 5-year-old child is admitted to the pediatric unit for surgery. The parents request to stay with their child. Which of the following is the best response by the nurse?
1. Explain to the parents why they cannot stay with the child.
2. Tell the parents they can stay in the hospital but not on the unit.
3. Let the parents know they are allowed to stay with the child.
4. Read the rules and regulations of rooming in with the child.
3
Rationale:
1. The parents should be allowed to stay with their child.
2. The parents should be allowed to stay with their child on the unit.
3. The practice of rooming in involves a parent's staying in the child's hospital room during the course of the child's hospitalization. Some hospitals provide cots, while others have special built-in beds on pediatric units.
4. The parents should be aware of the rules about rooming in, but they should know first that they can stay.
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