A nurse is assessing a child who appears to be very active, highly anxious, and lacks attention to detail. The nurse asks the child to sit still for the taking of the heart rate. If using Bandura's theory, the nurse will need to:
1. Attempt to do the assessment on someone else first so the child can watch and learn.
2. Take the heart rate as quickly as possible.
3. Observe the child's activity level and not document the heart rate.
4. Allow the child to be active and discuss what a heart rate means.
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1. Demonstration allows the child to decrease his/her anxiety level.
2. Bandura's approach is to calm and reduce stress for the child.
3. The heart rate is required and allowing the child to continue playing will not decrease anxiety and activity level.
4. Teaching the child about heart rate is important, but until the child is focused, the teaching will not be successful.
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