When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid, the nurse's approach should be based on which principle?
a. The child may think the equipment is alive.
b. The child is too young to understand what the equipment does.
c. Explaining the equipment will only increase the child's fear.
d. One brief explanation is enough to reduce the child's fear.
ANS: A
Young children attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects. They often fear that the objects may jump, bite, cut, or pinch all by themselves without human direction. Equipment should be kept out of sight until needed. The child should be given simple concrete explanations about what the equipment does and how it will feel to the child. Simple, concrete explanations help alleviate the child's fear. The preschooler will need repeated explanations as reassurance.
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