When you attempt to move a 10-month-old child from his mother's lap to the examination table, he screams loudly. Your best action is to:
a. move the child to the examination table and proceed matter of factly with the ex-amination.
b. ask the mother to try to get the child to stop crying.
c. perform the examination while the child is in the mother's lap.
d. defer the examination until another day.
C
The parent's lap is a great examination table because it helps the child feel more at ease and is also a good way to observe the nature of the parent-child relationship. All the other actions would not comfort the patient or make the situation better.
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