Question

A 2-year-old child is admitted with multiple fractures and bruises, and abuse is suspected. Which nursing assessment findings support this suspicion?
A: Bedwetting
B: Thumb-sucking
C: Difficulty consoling
D: Underdevelopment for age
E: Demands for physical closeness

Answer 1

Answer:

Difficulty consoling  and underdevelopment for age.

Explanation:

The fracture might occur due to the displacement or the breakage of the bone. This fracture and bruises requires the proper medical attention and the medicine for the treatment.

In case of 2 year old child, the child require the proper attention and nursing assessment for its injuries. He needs the assessment of the consoling in the difficulty as child is quite small. The underdeveloped age  has some proper medical nursing assessment which is important in case of this child.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C) and (D).