A 10 Year Old,who Needs to Have Another Intravenous (IV)line

question 15

Multiple Choice

A 10 year old,who needs to have another intravenous (IV) line started,keeps telling the nurse,"Wait a minute," and,"I'm not ready." How should the nurse interpret these requests?

• A) This is normal behavior for a school-age child.
• B) This behavior is usually not seen past the preschool years.
• C) The child thinks the nurse is punishing her.
• D) The child has successfully manipulated the nurse in the past.

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Definitions:

Emotions

Complex psychological states involving physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience, often triggered by environmental stimuli.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, a component of the personality that is responsible for dealing with reality while working to satisfy the demands of both the id and the superego, in a more general sense, often used to refer to a sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

Philosophical Behaviorism

A theory in philosophy of mind that asserts thoughts, feelings, and intentions can be fully described by observable behaviors and physical processes, without reference to inner mental states.