While cleansing the wound of a school-aged child who fell from the roof of a storage building, the LPN/LVN overhears the parent and the client interacting. It is most important for the LPN/LVN to further assess if the parent makes which statement to the child.1. True2. False

The LPN/LVN upon overhearing the parent and the client (child) talking comes to a conclusion about what should be further assessed. The statements made were:

1. “Maybe in the future, you will follow the rules”

2. “You know, of course, this means no dinner tonight”

3. “Why did you climb up there when I told you not to?”

4. “It appears that your injury is not serious”

Statement 1 reflects a punitive character of the parents where they highlight the child’s misbehavior and its consequences

Statement 2 reflects the parent’s attitude to correct the child’s misbehavior through negative reinforcement. Parents adopt this as a means of disciplinary action when a child commits a serious mistake which is harmful to himself/herself/others. This is true.

Statement 3 indicates that the parents are not aware of the psychological developmental stages of their child according to the age. Curiosity and exploration are part of school-aged children and parents should be aware of it and should have taken proper care.

Statement 4 indicates the utmost compassionate caring of the parents but hides the child’s knowledge of the injury.