An appropriate nursing intervention to minimize separation anxiety in a hospitalized toddler is to:
a. Provide for privacy.
b. Encourage parents to room in.
c. Explain procedures and routines.
d. Encourage contact with children the same age.
ANS: B
A toddler experiences separation anxiety secondary to being separated from the parents. To avoid this, the parents should be encouraged to room in as much as possible. Maintaining routines and ensuring privacy are helpful interventions, but they would not substitute for the parents. Contact with same-aged children would not substitute for having the parents present.
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