The nurse is teaching a group of caregivers of chronically ill school-age children ways to promote self-care. Which suggestion would be the most appropriate to suggest to this group of caregivers?
A) Make a chart of goals the child could do successfully; add a sticker to the chart each time a goal is reached
B) Write a contract with the child with the reward being a certain privilege when specific self-care tasks are completed a certain number of times
C) Model the task for the child each day until he or she begins to perform the task
D) Encourage the child to socialize with the well children every day so that he or she is motivated to become as independent as those peers
Ans: B
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