The nurse should expect to care for which age of child if the admitting diagnosis is retinoblastoma?
a. Infant or toddler
b. Preschool- or school-age child
c. School-age or adolescent child
d. Adolescent
ANS: A
The average age of the child at the time of diagnosis is 2 years, and bilateral and hereditary disease is diagnosed earlier than unilateral and nonhereditary disease.
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