Exam 36: The Child with a Chronic Condition or Terminal Illness

The nurse is caring for a child who has just died.The parents ask to be left alone so that they can rock their child one more time.What response by the nurse is best?

Which activity should the nurse implement for the toddler hospitalized with a chronic illness to promote autonomy?

Which indicators of imminent death in a child should the nurse expect to assess? (Select all that apply.)

At what age do most children have an adult concept of death as being inevitable,universal,and irreversible?

The nurse is counseling the family of a 12-month-old child who has lost his mother in a car accident.How should you explain to the father what the child's understanding of death is,related to theories of growth and development?

At the time of a child's death,the nurse tells his mother,"We will miss him so much." The best interpretation of this is that the nurse is

How can chronic illness and frequent hospitalizations affect the psychosocial development of an adolescent?

A parent of a child with a chronic illness is complaining about "all these care planning meetings." What response by the home health care nurse is best?

The student nurse learns the stages of grief according to Kübler-Ross.What stages does this include? (Select all that apply.)

Which should a nurse identify as common chronic illnesses of childhood? (Select all that apply.)

A school-age child is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.The parents want to protect their child from knowing the seriousness of the illness.What should the nurse explain to the parents?

What is a priority nursing diagnosis for the preschool child with chronic illness?

The parents of a school-age child are told that their child is diagnosed with leukemia.As the nurse caring for this child,what is the expected first response of the parents to the diagnosis of chronic illness in their child?

The nurse is providing support to a family who is experiencing anticipatory grief related to their child's imminent death.An appropriate nursing intervention is to

At what developmental period do children have the most difficulty coping with death,particularly if it is their own?