By providing encouragement and support, the nurse helps the child believe that she can help herself and maintain confidence through the unpredictable treatment process. Exploring and highlighting the child’s emotional stress due to the problem should not be the nurse’s focus while creating the care plan. Feelings of guilt and disapproval should be relieved and minimized, not leveraged by the nurse. The child must feel she has some control and independence in the process with the nurse as a supportive and consistent ally.