A nurse is caring for a child with the religion of Christian Science. What intervention should the nurse include in the care plan for this child?
a. Offer iced tea to the child who is experiencing deficient fluid volume.
b. Inform the spiritual care department that the child has been admitted to the
hospital.
c. Allow parents to sign a form opting out of routine immunizations.
d. Ask parents whether the child has been baptized.
C
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A Coffee and tea are declined as a drink.
B When a Christian Science believer is hospitalized, a parent or patient may
request that a Christian Science practitioner be notified as opposed to the
hospital-assigned clergy.
C Christian Science believers seek exemption from immunizations but obey legal
requirements.
D Baptism is not a ceremony for the Christian Science religion.
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