A 6-year-old child is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)with a fractured femur and head trauma.The child was not wearing a helmet while riding his new bicycle on the highway,and collided with a car.The nurse can expect which nursing diagnoses to apply to the parents of this child? Select all that apply.

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The correct answers include Guilt related to lack of child supervision and safety precautions, Family coping: compromised related to the critical injury of the child, Parental role conflict related to child's injuries and PICU policies, and Anger related to feelings of helplessness. These diagnoses are relevant because the parents may feel guilty for not ensuring their child wore a helmet, face difficulties in coping with their child's critical condition, experience conflict due to the child's injuries and the PICU's policies, and feel anger due to their helplessness in the situation. Knowledge deficit, home care of fractured femur, while potentially applicable, is not directly related to the immediate emotional and psychological needs of the parents in the PICU context.

A 6-Year-Old Child Is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit