The nurse encourages the mother of a toddler with acute laryngotracheobronchitis to stay at the child's bedside as much as possible.What is the nurse's primary reason for this suggestion?

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The family's presence will decrease the child's distress.The mother may experience guilt,but this is not the best answer here.Although separation from the mother is a developmental threat for toddlers,the main reason to keep parents at the child's bedside is to ease anxiety,and therefore respiratory effort.The child should have constant cardiorespiratory and noninvasive oxygen saturation monitoring,but the parent should not play this role in the hospital.

The Nurse Encourages the Mother of a Toddler with Acute