Best NCLEX RN Question Bank Practice Question
A 9-year-old child is newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The nurse is planning for home care with the child and the family and determines that which is an age-appropriate activity for health maintenance?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: School-age children have the cognitive and motor skills to draw up and administer insulin with adult supervision. Developmentally, they do not yet have the maturity to make independent decisions such as about sliding-scale coverage without adult validation. Options requiring adult to manage insulin administration and glucose monitoring suppress the maximum level of independence appropriate to the level of this child.
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