ATI RN
ATI Pediatrics Exam NURS 243 Spring 2014 Questions
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A 4-year-old hospitalized child.
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The nurse recognizes that a 4-year-old hospitalized child is exhibiting which characteristic of cognitive development, when the child tells the nurse it's sad to be at home alone?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct answer is B: Magical thinking. At the age of 4, children often engage in magical thinking, believing that their thoughts can influence reality. In this scenario, the child's belief that being alone at home caused sadness reflects magical thinking. Egocentrism (choice
A) refers to difficulty seeing things from others' perspectives, which is not evident in this situation. Centration (choice
C) is the tendency to focus on only one aspect of a situation, not applicable here. Reversibility (choice
D) involves understanding that actions can be reversed, which is not demonstrated in the child's statement.
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