The nurse's approach when introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid should be based on which principle?
A) The child may think the equipment is alive.
B) Explaining the equipment will only increase the child's fear.
C) One brief explanation will be enough to reduce the child's fear.
D) The child is too young to understand what the equipment does.

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Young children attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects.They often fear that the objects may jump,bite,cut,or pinch all by themselves without human direction.Equipment should be kept out of sight until needed.Simple,concrete explanations about what the equipment does and how it will feel will help alleviate the child's fear.Preschoolers need repeated explanations as reassurance.

The Nurse's Approach When Introducing Hospital Equipment to a Preschooler