Child Life Hospital Environment and Psychosocial Care Flashcards
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A child life specialist is working with a child who is anxious about an upcoming MRI. Which environmental strategy would be most helpful?
Answer: Offering a tour of the MRI suite and explaining sights, sounds, and sensations in advance
Providing a preparatory tour and sensory preview of the MRI environment reduces anxiety by decreasing the fear of the unknown.
Which of the following best describes the 'medical play' technique used by child life specialists?
Answer: Using hospital-themed toys to help children process and understand medical experiences
Medical play uses hospital-themed toys and materials to help children process, understand, and gain mastery over their medical experiences.
What is a key consideration when designing psychosocial programming for children in isolation precautions?
Answer: Services should be adapted to bring activities to the bedside within infection control guidelines
Child life specialists adapt programming to deliver individualized bedside services within infection control guidelines to ensure isolated children still receive psychosocial support.
A toddler (18 months) who has been hospitalized for two weeks begins refusing to eat and shows increased irritability. This most likely reflects:
Answer: A normal protest response to the stress and disruption of hospitalization
Irritability and feeding refusal in toddlers during prolonged hospitalization are classic protest responses to the stress, loss of routine, and separation anxiety associated with the hospital environment.
Which approach best supports siblings of hospitalized children who are experiencing their own stress and confusion?
Answer: Providing age-appropriate education about the hospitalized sibling's condition and offering support groups or activities
Providing siblings with age-appropriate education and psychosocial support reduces their anxiety, decreases confusion, and helps maintain family system stability.
What is the primary purpose of a 'safe messaging' approach when a child life specialist discusses a peer's death with a hospitalized child?
Answer: To provide honest, age-appropriate information while avoiding language that could increase anxiety or romanticize death
Safe messaging guidelines ensure that death is discussed honestly and age-appropriately without using language that could cause additional distress or misconceptions.