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A pregnant patient visits the Smoking and alcohol impair the baby's cognitive
primary health care development.
provider for a prenatal
checkup. The patient
reveals that she
occasionally smokes and
drinks alcoholic beverages.
The nurse expects the
health care provider will
instruct the patient to stop
drinking and smoking. What
is the rationale for these
instructions?
The nurse is assessing Unresponsiveness to sounds
growth and development in
an infant and suspects the Functional hearing loss is associated with infantile
child has infantile autism. autism. The child has central auditory imperceptions and
What observations led the is unresponsive to sounds as a result of hearing loss. The
nurse to come to this child may have reduced development and reduced
conclusion? increase in height and weight relative to other children.
The nurse is assessing a Slight hearing impairment
child with a hearing
impairment. The child has
no speech defect but has
difficulty hearing low
voices. What would be the
hearing level of the child
based on the Classification
of Hearing Impairment
System?
,A third-grade student is Coordinating with other students during projects
diagnosed with autism.
What should the nurse A child with autism may have difficulty with nonverbal
instruct the teacher to social interactions such as eye-to-eye contact, facial
expect the child to have expressions, body posture, and gesture.
difficulty doing?
The nurse is caring for a "I do not know what is going on with this child's health."
child with cognitive
impairment. Which
statement made by the
nurse to the parents is a
reason for concern?
The nurse explains that conductive hearing loss can be
A child is diagnosed with a
treated successfully.
conductive hearing loss
after reporting difficulty in
Conductive hearing loss can be treated by both
hearing. How should the
medical and surgical procedures. Reassurance provided
nurse help the parents
by the nurse about the available treatments can help the
cope with the situation?
parents cope with the condition.
A 10-year-old child is "The exact cause of autism spectrum disorders is
diagnosed with an autism unknown."
spectrum disorder (ASD).
The parents ask the nurse Although the exact cause of ASD is not known, the
about the cause of the nurse should always help parents understand that they
disorder. Which answer are not responsible for the child's condition. There are
given by the nurse is most many theories about the cause of ASD, but nothing is
appropriate? definitive.
The nurse is assessing a Down syndrome
newborn and notices the
infant has a shortened rib
cage, Brushfield spots, and
broad, short hands with
stubby fingers. What can
the nurse interpret that the
newborn may have?
, Early detection of a hearing Speech development
impairment is critical
because of its effect on The ability to hear sounds is essential for the
areas of a child's life. The development of speech. Babies imitate the sounds that
nurse should evaluate they hear. The child will have greater difficulty learning
further for effects of the to read, but the primary issue of concern is the effect
hearing impairment on on speech.
what?
A 5-year-old male child has Orient him to his immediate surroundings.
bilateral eye patches that
were put in place after Because the child is being allowed to move about while
surgery yesterday morning. both eyes are patched, the immediate safety concern
Today he can be allowed to for him is ensuring familiarity with his immediate
get out of bed. What is the surroundings. Orientation to the room now that he is out
most important nursing of bed is essential.
intervention?
A child with strabismus is To increase vision in the left eye
undergoing treatment for
impaired vision of the left While caring for a child with strabismus, the nurse
eye. The nurse covers the should cover the unaffected eye with an occlusive
child's right eye with an patch because it helps stimulate vision and movement in
occlusion patch. Why does the weaker eye.
the nurse do so?
A week-old newborn is Short and broad neck
assessed for body weight,
birth marks, and height. The
birth weight is lower than
what it should be for height.
Which physical feature of
the newborn makes the
nurse conclude that the
newborn is affected by
Down syndrome?