NURS 222 QUIZ 5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | COMPLETE NURS 222
QUIZ 5 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Etiology - ✔✔Biological Factors:
-Genetic
-Neurobiological
Psychological Factors:
-Temperament
-Resilience
Environmental Factors
-witnessing violence
-neglect and abuse
Cultural Factors
neurodevelopmental disorders - ✔✔neurologically based disorders that are revealed in a clinically
significant way during a child's developing years
Examples:
-communication disorders
-motor disorders
-specific learning disorder
-Intellectual Developmental Disorders (IDD)
-Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Tourette syndrome - ✔✔A neurological disorder characterized by involuntary motor tics and
vocalizations. A small percentage of people with this syndrome experience compulsive swearing.
-Presence of Multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics
STRUCTURAL FACTORS:
-Abnormalities in region-the circuits that interconnect
-Basal Ganglia, frontal lobes, and cortex
-Neurotransmitters: (Dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine) responsible for communication amping
nerve cells
ASSESSMENT:
-vocal tics include words or sounds such as squeaks, grunts, barks, sniffs, snorts, coughs, and in rare
instances complex vocal tics involving uttering of obscenities (cussing)
-Child is NOT faking symptoms:
-are real, comes and goes
-change frequency and severity
ECHOLALIA- repeating words said by others
ECHOPRAXIA- mimicking imitating the movements of another person
DIAGNOSIS/PLANNING:
-Social Isolation
, -Outcome
-Interpersonal interaction using appropriate behaviors
-Appropriately and engage in group therapy
-Making pot holder during activity therapy session
IMPLEMENTATION:
-Nursing care of the client with Tourette's disorder is aimed at:
-Safety of client and others
-Encouraging interpersonal interaction using appropriate behaviors
-Promoting increased feelings of self-worth
Intellectual Developmental Disorder (IDD) - ✔✔A disorder marked by intellectual functioning and
adaptive behavior that are well below average. Previously called mental retardation.
Deficits range from mild to severe in:
-Intellectual Functioning:
-Deficits in reasoning, problem solving, planning, judgment, abstract thinking, and academic ability as
compared to same-age peers
-Social Functioning:
-Impaired communication and language, interpreting and acting on social cues, and regulating emotions
-Daily Functioning:
-Practical aspects of daily life are impacted by a deficit in managing age-appropriate activities of daily
living, functioning at school or work, and performing self-care
ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES:
-Assess for delays
-Assess for signs of potential neglect or abuse
DIAGNOSIS:
-Social Isolation
-Self Care Deficit
OUTCOME IDENTIFICATION:
-independently perform own personal hygiene
-obtain employment in local area
-correctly used public buses to travel in the community
-volunteer in the local area
-identify services or resources in the community
IMPLEMENTATION:
-Keep client in line of sight continuously during shift
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - ✔✔DEFINED BY DSM-5:
Persistent deficit in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested
by the following, currently or by history:
-Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
-Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction
-Deficit in developing, Maintaining and understand relationships
QUIZ 5 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027
Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Etiology - ✔✔Biological Factors:
-Genetic
-Neurobiological
Psychological Factors:
-Temperament
-Resilience
Environmental Factors
-witnessing violence
-neglect and abuse
Cultural Factors
neurodevelopmental disorders - ✔✔neurologically based disorders that are revealed in a clinically
significant way during a child's developing years
Examples:
-communication disorders
-motor disorders
-specific learning disorder
-Intellectual Developmental Disorders (IDD)
-Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Tourette syndrome - ✔✔A neurological disorder characterized by involuntary motor tics and
vocalizations. A small percentage of people with this syndrome experience compulsive swearing.
-Presence of Multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics
STRUCTURAL FACTORS:
-Abnormalities in region-the circuits that interconnect
-Basal Ganglia, frontal lobes, and cortex
-Neurotransmitters: (Dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine) responsible for communication amping
nerve cells
ASSESSMENT:
-vocal tics include words or sounds such as squeaks, grunts, barks, sniffs, snorts, coughs, and in rare
instances complex vocal tics involving uttering of obscenities (cussing)
-Child is NOT faking symptoms:
-are real, comes and goes
-change frequency and severity
ECHOLALIA- repeating words said by others
ECHOPRAXIA- mimicking imitating the movements of another person
DIAGNOSIS/PLANNING:
-Social Isolation
, -Outcome
-Interpersonal interaction using appropriate behaviors
-Appropriately and engage in group therapy
-Making pot holder during activity therapy session
IMPLEMENTATION:
-Nursing care of the client with Tourette's disorder is aimed at:
-Safety of client and others
-Encouraging interpersonal interaction using appropriate behaviors
-Promoting increased feelings of self-worth
Intellectual Developmental Disorder (IDD) - ✔✔A disorder marked by intellectual functioning and
adaptive behavior that are well below average. Previously called mental retardation.
Deficits range from mild to severe in:
-Intellectual Functioning:
-Deficits in reasoning, problem solving, planning, judgment, abstract thinking, and academic ability as
compared to same-age peers
-Social Functioning:
-Impaired communication and language, interpreting and acting on social cues, and regulating emotions
-Daily Functioning:
-Practical aspects of daily life are impacted by a deficit in managing age-appropriate activities of daily
living, functioning at school or work, and performing self-care
ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES:
-Assess for delays
-Assess for signs of potential neglect or abuse
DIAGNOSIS:
-Social Isolation
-Self Care Deficit
OUTCOME IDENTIFICATION:
-independently perform own personal hygiene
-obtain employment in local area
-correctly used public buses to travel in the community
-volunteer in the local area
-identify services or resources in the community
IMPLEMENTATION:
-Keep client in line of sight continuously during shift
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) - ✔✔DEFINED BY DSM-5:
Persistent deficit in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts, as manifested
by the following, currently or by history:
-Deficits in social-emotional reciprocity
-Deficits in nonverbal communicative behaviors used for social interaction
-Deficit in developing, Maintaining and understand relationships
