A school bus carrying children in grades K–12 crashed into a ravine. The critically injured children were transported by ambulance and admitted to the pediatric intensive-care unit (PICU). The nurse is concerned about calming the frightened children
The most effective nursing intervention to achieve this goal is which one of the following?
1. Tell the children that the physiciansare competent.
2. Assure the children that the nursesare caring.Explain that the PICU equipment isstate of the art.
4. Call the children's parents to comeinto the PICU.
Answer:4
Rationale: A sense of physical and psychological security is best achieved by the presence of parents.Children at all developmental levels look first to their parents or whoever acts as their parents for safety and security.Healthcare providers,no matter how competent or caring,cannot substitute for parents. Children often cannot recognize nor care about state-of-the-art equipment.
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