Editing Pediatric Nursing – LPN Practice Questions (section)

==Question 13==
The LPN is assisting with a school-age child who is hospitalized for a fracture. Which action best supports this child's developmental stage?
# Restricting schoolwork so the child can rest completely
# Encouraging the child to participate in care, keep up with schoolwork, and contact friends
# Discouraging questions about the injury to reduce anxiety
# Providing only solitary activities in the room

'''Answer:''' 2. Encouraging the child to participate in care, keep up with schoolwork, and contact friends.

''Rationale:'' The school-age child is in Erikson's stage of industry versus inferiority and needs opportunities for accomplishment, competence, and peer connection. Options 1 and 4 remove sources of mastery and social contact. Option 3 blocks the honest information that school-age children need and want.