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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Pediatrics

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Which of the following statements would the nurse expect a 5-year old boy to say whose pet gerbil just died:
  1. “He’s just a bit dead”
  2. “I’ll be good from now own so I won’t die like my gerbil”
  3. “Did you hear the joke about…”
  4. “Joker got him”
Explanation
Answer: A - A 5 y/o views death in “degrees”, so the child most likely will say that “he is just a bit dead”. Personification of death occurs in ages 7 to 9 as well as denying death can if they will be good. Denying death using jokes and attributing life qualities to death occurs during age 3-5.
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