Health Promotion and MaintenanceQuestion 2090 of 2368
The nurse is teaching a 9-year-old about a new treatment. Which approach is best?
- Use abstract ideas about ethics and freedom to describe the treatment
- Explain the treatment through a magical story with animal characters
- Give factual explanations using words the child can understand
- Give the explanation to the parent only and let the parent tell the child
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Correct answer: Give factual explanations using words the child can understand
School-age children think logically about concrete information, so factual and simple explanations fit their stage.
Source: Nursing Health Promotion (Open RN, Chippewa Valley Technical College, 2025), Nursing Care for Infancy Through Adolescence: Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Practice the topic "Health Promotion and Maintenance"Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026