You Are the Nurse Admitting a 5-Year-Old Child to the Pediatric

You are the nurse admitting a 5-year-old child to the pediatric unit. The mother says that she feels certain the child will be all right with the parents taking turns being at the hospital in the evenings only. The mother mentions that the child has been attending day care for several years. Which of the following is the nurse's best response?

A) "Hospitalization can be very stressful to a child without a familiar person. If you can arrange to be here more, it will help your child."
B) "Some children who have been in day care do fine with just the nurse."
C) "I will personally take care of your child whenever I am here, so you won't have to worry about the care at all."
D) "Perhaps you could hire a private duty nurse's aide or a nurse for part of the day."