When admitting an adolescent to a hospital unit, the nurse knows she should keep in mind which of the following?
a. The nurse should use the three wishes question to assess cognitive level.
b. When a teen asks a direct question, the teen does not really want the answer.
c. Teens recognize that life is a roller-coaster ride with ups and downs.
d. Teens are able to self-assess competency.
Question 2When communicating with hospitalized infants and toddlers, the nurse knows
a. she should use long sentences with soothing words.
b. she cannot communicate with a preverbal infant.
c. moving to the child's eye level and maintaining eye contact are important.
d. she should pick up an 18-month-old infant immediately.
Question 3During the preoperational period the nurse recognizes that children
a. ask numerous questions to clarify a message.
b. can process auditory information quickly.
c. can clearly distinguish between fantasy and reality.
d. misunderstand messages quite easily.
Question 4An older adult client tells the nurse, My life has been a waste. The nurse recognizes this statement as demonstrating which aspect of psychosocial development?
a. Ego integrity
b. Ego despair
c. Lack of generativity
d. Isolation
Question 5The nurse is caring for a postoperative preschooler who is crying and has been refusing to eat. The best communication strategy for the nurse to use is to
a. avoid providing the child with simple explanations.
b. assign the child to a different nurse in order to optimize socialization.
c. give the child some clay, crayons, and paper.
d. encourage the child to express complex thoughts and feelings.
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