A 6-Year-Old Child Is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Multiple Choice

A 6-year-old child is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with a fractured femur and head trauma. The child was not wearing a helmet while riding his new bicycle on the highway, and collided with a car. The nurse can expect which nursing diagnoses to apply to the parents of this child? Select all that apply.

A) Family coping: compromised, related to the critical injury of the child
B) Parental role conflict related to child's injuries and PICU policies
C) Guilt related to lack of child supervision and safety precautions
D) Knowledge deficit, home care of fractured femur
E) Anger related to feelings of helplessness