While Being Comforted in the Emergency Department, the 6-Year-Old Male

question 4

Multiple Choice

While being comforted in the emergency department, the 6-year-old male sibling of a pediatric trauma victim blurts out to the nurse, "It's all my fault! When we were fighting yesterday, I told him I wished he was dead!" Which response by the nurse is most therapeutic?

• A) Asking the child if he would like to sit down and drink some water
• B) Sitting the child down in an empty room with markers and paper so that he can draw a picture
• C) Reassuring the child that it is normal to get angry and say things that we do not mean, but that we have no control over whether an accident happens
• D) Discussing the catheters, tubes, and equipment that the sibling requires, and explaining why they are needed

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