Piaget's Developmental Stage

PMHNP Certification Q & A · Oct 16, 2024 · 6m

The PMHNP is asked to evaluate a 5-year-old child who has been having difficulty adjusting to kindergarten and has been disruptive in the classroom. The child is pleasant in the office, responds to questions, and seems to understand that she is having this appointment because she does not seem happy in kindergarten. Via role play and discussion the PMHNP learns that the child is sad and frightened because she was angry with her Daddy and wished he didn’t live there anymore. Very shortly thereafter, her parents told her that Daddy would be moving out. Daddy moving out made Mom sad, the…