Nurses have been found to have a tendency to undermedicate children with severe burns due to:
a. a fear of hurting the children with a needle
b. a fear of causing the children to be addicted
c. an unrealistic fear of causing respiratory depression
d. a perception that pain is experienced to a lesser extent than actually exists
C
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A Incorrect: Nurses have been found to have a tendency to undermedicate children with severe burns but not due to a fear of hurting the children with a needle.
B Incorrect: Nurses have been found to have a tendency to undermedicate children with severe burns but not due to a fear of causing the children to be addicted.
C Correct: Nurses have been found to have a tendency to undermedicate children with severe burns due to an unrealistic fear of causing respiratory depression.
D Incorrect: Nurses have been found to have a tendency to undermedicate children with severe burns but not due to a perception that pain is experienced to a lesser extent than actually exists.
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