The nurse is educating the mother of an infant with dermatitis regarding long-term effects of the condition. Which teaching point is appropriate for the nurse to pass on to the mother?
1. "If you use the treatment as prescribed, the dermatitis will be cured."
2. "Because your child has dermatitis now, your child will outgrow the symptoms."
3. "Approximately 60 percent of infants with dermatitis have symptoms into adulthood."
4. "Once the dermatitis is clear, your child will have no further problems."
Correct Answer: 3
Rationale 1: "If you use the treatment as prescribed, the dermatitis will be cured" is incorrect because assuring the parent that symptoms will be cured and the child will outgrow or have no further symptomatology would be premature at this point.
Rationale 2: "Because your child has dermatitis now, your child will outgrow the symptoms" is incorrect because roughly 60 percent of these infants continue to have symptoms into adulthood.
Rationale 3: Ten percent of infants and young children experience symptoms of dermatitis. Roughly 60 percent of these infants continue to have symptoms into adulthood.
Rationale 4: "Once the dermatitis is clear, your child will have no further problems" is incorrect because assuring the parent that symptoms will be cured and the child will outgrow or have no further symptomatology would be premature at this point.
Global Rationale: Ten percent of infants and young children experience symptoms of dermatitis. Roughly 60 percent of these infants continue to have symptoms into adulthood. "If you use the treatment as prescribed, the dermatitis will be cured" is incorrect because assuring the parent that symptoms will be cured and the child will outgrow or have no further symptomatology would be premature at this point. "Because your child has dermatitis now, your child will outgrow the symptoms" is incorrect because roughly 60 percent of these infants continue to have symptoms into adulthood. "Once the dermatitis is clear, your child will have no further problems" is incorrect because assuring the parent that symptoms will be cured and the child will outgrow or have no further symptomatology would be premature at this point.
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