What Is the Best Nursing Response to the Mother of a 4-Year-Old

question 25

Multiple Choice

What is the best nursing response to the mother of a 4-year-old child who asks what she can do to help the child cope with a sibling's repeated hospitalizations?

• A) Recommend that the child be sent to visit the grandmother until the sibling returns home.
• B) Inform the parent that the child is too young to visit the hospital.
• C) Assume the child understands that the sibling will soon be discharged because the child asks no questions.
• D) Help the mother give the child a simple explanation of the treatment, and encourage the mother to have the child visit the hospitalized sibling.

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