A child is accompanied to the clinic by the grandmother rather than by the parents. The grandmother says, "I am substituting for my daughter today because she is ill." The nurse would like to add information to the child's health history
How should the nurse proceed? 1. Wait until the parents bring the child to an appointment.
2. Understand that a grandmother is an authority on the child's life.
3. Plan to validate any information with the parents at the next visit.
4. Check the grandmother's accuracy by validating some data with the medical record.
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Rationale 1: Waiting is not necessary if other steps are taken to validate information.
Rationale 2: The grandmother may know a lot about the child and the child's life but may not be the authority.
Rationale 3: Information gathered from the grandmother should be validated with the parent who is more of an expert on the child and the child's history.
Rationale 4: Just because the grandmother is accurate with some data is no assurance she will be accurate with all data.
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