What are supportive interventions that can assist an infant with a chronic illness to meet developmental milestones? (Select all that apply.)
a. Encourage consistent caregivers.
b. Encourage periodic respite from demands of care.
c. Encourage one family member to be the primary caretaker.
d. Encourage parental "rooming in" during hospitalization.
e. Withhold age-appropriate developmental tasks until the child is older.
ANS: A, B, D
To develop trust, consistent caretakers and parents "rooming in" should be encouraged. To develop a sense of separateness from parents, periodic respites from caregiving should be encouraged. All members of the family, not one primary caretaker, should be encouraged to participate in care. Age-appropriate developmental tasks should be encouraged, not withheld until an older age.
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