A nurse assesses a 3-year-old child diagnosed with autistic disorder. Which finding is most associated with the child's disorder?
a. Toilet training complete
b. Inability to identify colors
c. Failure to develop interpersonal skills
d. Anxiety when separated from a parent
C
Autistic disorder involves distortions in development of social skills and language that include perception, motor movement, attention, and reality testing. Caretakers nearly always mention the child's failure to develop interpersonal skills. The distracters are expected behaviors for a 3-year-old child.
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a. improve working conditions for students. b. obtain legal recognition for the profession. c. raise and standardize the training of nurses. d. reverse discrimination in admissions policies.
A 45-year-old patient is admitted complaining of dizziness, hearing loss, and a "full" feeling in one ear. Based on the patient's age and symptoms, the nurse would ask which additional assessment question?
1. "Do you have reduced feeling in your cheek on that side?" 2. "Have you noticed any impairment in your sense of smell?" 3. "Do you have a headache?" 4. "Do you have ringing in your ears?"
A community health nurse would use the global burden of disease (GBD) to track
a. The number of cases of HIV/AIDS in a country b. Losses from premature death and losses of healthy life that result from disability c. The economic impact of disability on lesser-developed countries d. The rate of disability in industrialized nations
The mother of a young man with a personality disorder is distraught, stating, "I don't know if there was something I did to cause this." The etiology of personality disorders is thought to be which of the following?
A) Genetic and innate factors B) Consequences of childhood abuse, neglect, and trauma C) Organic brain changes related to substance abuse D) A combination of psychosocial and biologic variables