An important nursing goal in caring for the hospitalized child is to minimize the negative effects of illness and hospitalization. On what should the nurse focus while caring for a hospitalized infant?
a. Bodily injury and pain
b. Separation from caregivers and fear of strangers
c. Loss of control and altered body image
d. The unknown and being left alone
B
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A Bodily injury and pain are fears of preschool and school-age children.
B The major fear of infants during illness and hospitalization are separation from
caregivers and fear of strangers.
C Loss of control is a fear of children from the preschool period through
adolescence. Altered body image applies to adolescents.
D Fear of the unknown and being left alone are applicable to preschoolers.
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