The nurse plans to administer medication to a preschool-age child. Which approach indicates the nurse has an understanding of growth and development?
1. The child will be more cooperative if the parent is not in the room.
2. A brief explanation, followed by quick administration of the medication, is best.
3. There should be no need to restrain a child this age.
4. The child will do better with verbal instruction than play instruction.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Parents should be in the room with a child this age. Children need the security of someone familiar.
Rationale 2: Children this age have a limited ability to reason to understand the relationship of health to medicines.
Rationale 3: Uncooperative children sometimes need to be restrained.
Rationale 4: Play instruction makes the child feel more in control of the situation.
Global Rationale: Children this age have a limited ability to reason to understand the relationship of health to medicines. Parents should be in the room with a child this age. Children need the security of someone familiar. Uncooperative children sometimes need to be restrained. Play instruction makes the child feel more in control of the situation.
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