[Verified Answer]: Amy, age 6 years, needs to be hospitalized…

Amy, age 6 years, needs to be hospitalized again because of a chronic illness. The clinic nurse overhears her school-age siblings tell her, “We are sick of Mom always sitting with you in the hospital and playing with you. It isn’t fair that you get everything and we have to stay with the neighbors.” Which is the nurse’s best assessment of this situation? Family has ineffective coping mechanisms to deal with chronic illness. Jealousy and resentment are common reactions to the illness or hospitalization of a sibling. The siblings need to better understand their sister’s illness and needs. The siblings are immature and probably spoiled.