In working with school-aged children, the nurse keeps in mind that the child of this age has which of the following skills mastered?

a. understanding of words with double meanings
b. ability to understand philosophical meanings
c. spatial, temporal, and numerical concepts
d. interest in and ability to create metaphors


C

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A Incorrect. School-aged children have not mastered the skill of understanding words with double meanings.
B Incorrect. School-aged children have not mastered the ability to understand philosophical meanings.
C Correct. School-aged children are interested in learning and have increased attention spans. They learn to master classification, serialization, and spatial, temporal and numerical concepts.
D Incorrect. School-aged children have not mastered an interest in and ability to create metaphors.

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