The nurse is working with a 12-year-old hospitalized with a chronic illness. Which of the following actions by the nurse might help the chronically ill preteen thrive while hospitalized?
A) Encourage the patient to wear his or her own clothes, talk to friends on the phone, and interact with other patients who have similar illnesses.
B) Make all treatment and care decisions; the preteen is too young to have any responsibility for his or her own care.
C) Create a clear list of rules for behavior to give the patient when he or she arrives.
D) Encourage the patient to keep his or her limitations foremost in mind when trying a new skill or task at which his or her peers have begun to excel.
A
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