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A child who has attention deficit/hyperactivity
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disorder (ADHD) has difficulty stopping activities to
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begin other activities at school. The primary care
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pediatric nurse practitioner understands that this
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is due to difficulty with the self-regulation
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component of |\
A. emotional control.
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B. flexibility.
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C. inhibition.
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D. problem solving.
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B. flexibility
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The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner cares
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for a preschool age
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child who was exposed to drugs prenatally. The
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child bites other children and has tantrums when
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asked to stop but is able to state later why this
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behavior is wrong. This child most likely has a
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disorder of |\
A. executive function.
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B. information processing.
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C. sensory processing.
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,D. social cognition.
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A. executive function
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The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner uses
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the Neurodevelopmental
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Learning Framework to assess cognition and
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learning in an adolescent. When evaluating social
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cognition, the nurse practitioner will ask the
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adolescent
A. about friends and activities at school.
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B. if balancing sports and homework is difficult.
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C. to interpret material from a pie chart.
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D. to restate the content of something just read.
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A. about friends and activities at school.
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The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is
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evaluating a school age |\ |\ |\
child who has been diagnosed with ADHD. Which
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plan will the nurse practitioner recommend asking
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the child’s school about to help with academic
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performance?
A. 504
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B. FAPE
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C. IDEA
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D. IEP
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A. 504
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,The parent of a child diagnosed with ADHD tells
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the primary care
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PNP that the child gets overwhelmed by homework
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assignments, doesn’t seem to know which ones to
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do first, and then doesn’t do any assignments. The
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nurse practitioner tells the parent that this
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represents impairment in which executive |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
function?
A. Activation
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B. Effort
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C. Emotion
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D. Focus
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A. Activation
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The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is
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considering medication |\
options for a school age child recently diagnosed
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with ADHD who has a |\ |\ |\ |\
primarily hyperactive presentation. Which
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medication will the nurse practitioner select |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
initially?
A. Low dose stimulant
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B. Moderate dose stimulant
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C. Low dose nonstimulant
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D. Moderate dose nonstimulant
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B. Moderate dose stimulant
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, The parent of a 4-year-old child reports that the
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child gets upset when the
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hall light is left on at night and won’t leave the
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house unless both shoes
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are tied equally tight. The primary care pediatric
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nurse practitioner|\
recognizes that this child likely has which type of
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sensory processing disorder? |\ |\
A. Dyspraxia
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B. Over responder
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C. Sensory seeker
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D. Under responder
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B. Over responder
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The parent of a preschool age child who is
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diagnosed with a sensory |\ |\ |\
processing disorder (SPD) asks the primary care |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pediatric nurse practitioner how to help the child
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manage the symptoms. What will the nurse
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practitioner recommend? |\
A. Establishing a reward system for acceptable behaviors
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B. Introducing the child to a variety of new experiences
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C. Maintaining predictable routines as much as possible
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D. Providing frequent contact, such as hugs and cuddling
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C. Maintaining predictable routines as much as possible
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