A Nurse Is Caring for a Child with Sickle Cell

question 23

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a child with sickle cell anemia. The parent is asking the nurse about a treatment that would cure the child. Which is the best answer the nurse can provide the parent?

• A) "Improving the nitric acid bioavailability can cure the child."
• B) "Blood transfusion done at frequent intervals can cure the child."
• C) "Splenectomy can cure the child."
• D) "Treatments are aimed at reducing complications, but do not cure the condition."

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Definitions:

Empathy

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person from their perspective.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon occurring within a group of people, in which the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Illusion of Invulnerability

An overconfidence bias where a group underestimates risks, leading to over-optimistic decision-making.

Ethical Consequences

The outcomes or impacts on morality and ethical principles resulting from specific actions or decisions.