In which settings is the nurse most likely to work with parents experiencing shock and disbelief related to the sudden onset of a life-threatening illness for their child? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Emergency departments
2. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
3. Operating room
4. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
5. Pediatric cancer clinics
1,2,4
Rationale 1: Sudden onset of life-threatening conditions of children may occur in the emergency department.
Rationale 2: Children admitted to the PICU often face the sudden onset of life-threatening illnesses.
Rationale 3: Although the operating room can have sudden onset of life-threatening conditions, the parents are not in the operating room.
Rationale 4: The condition of infants in the NICU can deteriorate suddenly, and the parents may respond with shock and disbelief.
Rationale 5: Many children attending the pediatric cancer clinics have life-threatening illnesses, but the onset is not sudden and the parents at the clinic will not typically be expressing shock and disbelief.
Global Rationale:
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