● Early signs of autism
- When infant fails to be interested in others or to be
socially responsive through eye contact and facial
expressions
- Repetitive speech
- Resistance to change
- Failure to develop peer relationships
● What is a durable power of attorney (authority)
- Someone who makes medical decisions. Pt has to be
competent when they make a decision on who POA is
- Document that designates someone to make decisions
on your behalf if you are not mentally or physically
able
● Disorders in young children
- Communication disorders
- Motor disorders
- Specific learning disorder
- Intellectual disability
- Autism spectrum disorder
- ADHD
● Stuttering language disorder
, -
● Social communication disorder
● Expressive language disorder difficult time expressing
● Receptive language disorder
- Can’t follow instructions
● Alzheimer's disease
● Delirium and dementia
● Dissociative fugue
- Sudden unexpected trauma and inability to recall
identity or things in your past due to trauma
● Priority nursing interventions for patients experiencing late
stage alzheimer's disease
- Safety is first concern
- Comfort care
- manage agitation and confusion
- Eat and drink is priority
● Medication methylphenidate used for ADHD and side
effects
- Insomnia
- Appetite suppression
- Headache
- When infant fails to be interested in others or to be
socially responsive through eye contact and facial
expressions
- Repetitive speech
- Resistance to change
- Failure to develop peer relationships
● What is a durable power of attorney (authority)
- Someone who makes medical decisions. Pt has to be
competent when they make a decision on who POA is
- Document that designates someone to make decisions
on your behalf if you are not mentally or physically
able
● Disorders in young children
- Communication disorders
- Motor disorders
- Specific learning disorder
- Intellectual disability
- Autism spectrum disorder
- ADHD
● Stuttering language disorder
, -
● Social communication disorder
● Expressive language disorder difficult time expressing
● Receptive language disorder
- Can’t follow instructions
● Alzheimer's disease
● Delirium and dementia
● Dissociative fugue
- Sudden unexpected trauma and inability to recall
identity or things in your past due to trauma
● Priority nursing interventions for patients experiencing late
stage alzheimer's disease
- Safety is first concern
- Comfort care
- manage agitation and confusion
- Eat and drink is priority
● Medication methylphenidate used for ADHD and side
effects
- Insomnia
- Appetite suppression
- Headache
