Question

The nurse is explaining a diagnostic procedure to a 7-year-old girl before the procedure begins. Which statement by the nurse best utilizes the principles of atraumatic care?

1. "I don't think you will be in the X-ray department very long."
2. "The technician needs to take several tubes of blood from you."
3."The big machine will look inside you to see why you are sick so just hold still."
4. "You will lie on a special bed that moves in the machine but you can still see out."

Answer 1

The correct answer is - option 4.

Explanation:

Atraumatic care is the process that helps in providing care need for therapy that involves interventions or actions that do not include or minimizing the mental distress experienced by the families and children.

The major principle is to avoid unnecessary distress and providing an essential intervention that is required for clinical or therapeutic care. In this case, nurse avoids distress before the procedure but still interventions of therapeutic care.

Thus, the correct answer is - option 4.