Kyle and Carman: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing

The nurse is interviewing an adolescent. What should the nurse recognize as an important aspect of interviewing the adolescent? Adolescents will share more about themselves in a private conversation. Adolescents will not likely share information related to sexual relationships or to use of substances. Adolescents should be asked if they would like a peer in the room during the interview. Adolescents will talk more openly if their caregiver is in the same room. - in a room with a child near the same age The nurse is obtaining the health history for a 9-year-old child who has been brought to the ambulatory care clinic with reports of a backache. Which initial action by the nurse is most appropriate? Ask the child to demonstrate movements involving the back. Ask the child's parent about when the parent was first made aware of the discomfort. Palpate the child's back while asking the severity of discomfort being experienced. Ask the child when the pain started. - Ask the child when the pain started. A 12-year-old client is hospitalized. Which finding will the nurse expect while providing care to this client? uncomfortable during genital assessment separation anxiety refusal of treatments inability to understand explanation - uncomfortable during genital assessment A preschooler is admitted to the pediatric floor for dehydration and is frightened. Which nursing intervention would be least effective in alleviating the child's anxiety