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Case Study, Chapter 31, Assessing Children and Adolescents

A mother brings her 2-year-old son to a primary health care center because he has not started walking like his brother did at 12 months old. The mother also says her son does not follow instructions, gets frustrated easily, does not like to play with other children, and gets angry when interrupted. During the assessment, the child is quiet but anxious, holding a stuffed bear and continuously rubbing its ear, and begins crying when the nurse starts assessing him.

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Case Study, Chapter 31, Assessing Children and Adolescents

A mother brings her 2-year-old son to a primary health care center because he has not started walking like his brother did at 12 months old. The mother also says her son does not follow instructions, gets frustrated easily, does not like to play with other children, and gets angry when interrupted. During the assessment, the child is quiet but anxious, holding a stuffed bear and continuously rubbing its ear, and begins crying when the nurse starts assessing him.

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Case Study, Chapter 31, Assessing Children and Adolescents

A 2-year-old child is brought to the primary health care center by his mother. She tells

the nurse that the child has not started walking. She is concerned because her other son

walked when he was 12 months old. The mother also states that her child does not follow

any instructions and that he gets frustrated easily. She states that he doesn’t like to play

with the other children at the day care center. He becomes angry when he is interrupted

from playing, and she literally needs to pick him up to get him to stop. At this visit, the

child is quiet but appears anxious. He is holding a stuffed bear, and the nurse observes

that he continuously rubs the bear’s right ear. As the nurse begins the assessment, the

child begins to cry.

(Learning Objectives: 3, 4, 5, 6)

Questions:

a. Because developing a trusting relationship with the client is an essential aspect


of the interview process, what strategies can the nurse use to gain the trust of the
child during the assessment?

b. Given the information provided by the mother and the nurse’s observations,
what assessments should the nurse make?

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