A nurse is supervising a student nurse on a pediatric nursing unit. The nurse appropriately intervenes when the student nurse tells a child:
1. "Do you want to hold my stethoscope?"
2. "This shot will not hurt."
3. "Let's pretend to give the teddy bear a shot."
4. "Would you like to take the teddy bear's temperature?"
ANS: 2
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