Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 78%
Full-length
Passage / Scenario
An 18-month-old is brought by her father to the well-baby clinic for a routine immunization. Just before the nurse gives the child the injection, the toddler begins to cry.Which of the following comments by the nurse is the MOST appropriate?
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Strategy: Remember therapeutic communication (1) nontherapeutic, doesn't respond to feeling tone and tells child what to do (2) correct-doesn't minimize child's reaction, responds to feeling tone (3) nontherapeutic, minimizes child's reaction (4) nontherapeutic, minimizes child's reaction, should indicate it is OK to feel afraid