The Nurse's Approach, When Introducing Hospital Equipment to a Preschooler

question 19

Multiple Choice

The nurse's approach, when introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid, should be based on which of the following principles?

• A)The child may think the equipment is alive.
• B)The child is too young to understand what the equipment does.
• C)Explaining the equipment will only increase the child's fear.
• D)One brief explanation will be enough to reduce the child's fear.

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Definitions:

Big Five Traits

The Big Five traits are a model in psychology that outlines five broad dimensions of personality: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Acronym

A word formed from the initial letters of other words, used as a shorthand or abbreviation (e.g., NASA for National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

OCEAN

An acronym for the Big Five personality traits model: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.

Pessimist

A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.