A 5 -year-old fell and scraped his elbow on the playground. While the nurse is cleaning and bandaging the child’s elbow, the nurse notes a large hand shaped bruise on the child’s upper arm. The nurse asks the child if she can look at his back, to which the child hesitantly agrees. The nurse reveals multiple bruises at different stages of healing on the child’s back and upper arms. What should the nurse do next? Disregard the bruises, boys are rambunctious, and he probably caused them himselfCall the child’s mother/father in for a parent-nurse conferenceNotify child protective services immediatelyNotify the police immediately Review this question at end?
[Solved]: A 5 -year-old fell and scraped his elbow on the…
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