Title: Describe ways to foster positive adaptation of the child and family to stresses of illness and hospitalization.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Applying the Nursing Process to the Pediatric Client

Description should include

- responses of the child, based on stage of development
- supervision during hospitalization
- coping strategies based on stage of development
- problems facing the family.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the responses of the child to illness and hospitalization, based on the stage of development?
- What is the importance of supervised play during hospitalization?
- How would one describe coping strategies of the child according to stages of development?
- What are the problems confronting the family of a hospitalized child?