The nurse wants to find out how much time a preschooler spends in various activities throughout the day. What should the nurse do to learn this information?
A) Ask the parents to complete a day history.
B) Ask the parents to name the games the child knows.
C) Ask the child how much time the mother is with the child.
D) Ask the parents how many hours is spent playing with the child each day.
A
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The child's current skills, sleep patterns, hygiene practices, eating habits, and interactions with the family can all be elicited by asking a parent to describe a typical day. Day histories are fun to obtain because most parents are eager to describe their day with their child, and information gained this way is surprisingly rich and pertinent, much more so than if parents are just asked how their child sleeps, eats, or plays.
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