Every Day a Child Came into the School Nurse's Office

question 19

Multiple Choice

Every day a child came into the school nurse's office with vague complaints,but sometimes it seemed to the nurse that the child just wanted to talk and be listened to for a while.Unfortunately,the child took up almost 15 minutes of the nurse's very busy day.Which action should be taken by the nurse?

• A)Ask a staff person to talk with the child,so the nurse could complete required tasks
• B)Continue to listen while assessing for possible underlying problems
• C)Refer the child to a private physician for follow-up on the constant physical symptoms the child presented
• D)Talk to the teacher about not letting the child leave the classroom unless obvious symptoms (fever,vomiting)of illness were present

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