The Nurse Is Caring for a 3-Year-Old Child During a Long

question 5

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a 3-year-old child during a long hospitalization.The parent is concerned about how to support the child's siblings during the hospitalization.What statement is appropriate for the nurse to make?

• A) "You should choose one parent to spend every night in the hospital while the other parent stays at home with the other children."
• B) "You could leave your hospitalized child for periods at night to be at home with the other children."
• C) "You should discourage the siblings from visiting because this could upset everyone in the family."
• D) "You could encourage a nightly phone call between the siblings as part of the bedtime routine."

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

The process of acquiring knowledge and skills by observing and imitating others.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, encouraging the subject to associate certain behaviors with consequences.

Classical Conditioning

A learning strategy in which two stimuli are continually paired; the response that is initially attracted by the second stimulus is in time attracted by the first stimulus alone.

Observational Learning

The act of acquiring behaviors through observation and replication of others.