A 6-year-old child is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization. What consideration is most important in planning preoperative teaching?
a. Preoperative teaching should be directed at his parents because he is too young to understand.
b. Preoperative teaching should be adapted to his level of development so that he can understand.
c. Preoperative teaching should be done several days before the procedure so he will be prepared.
d. Preoperative teaching should provide details about the actual procedures so he will know what to expect.
ANS: B
Preoperative teaching should always be directed to the child's stage of development. The caregivers also benefit from these explanations. The parents may ask additional questions, which should be answered, but the child needs to receive the information based on developmental level. This age group will not understand in-depth descriptions. School-age children should be prepared close to the time of the cardiac catheterization.
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