You are caring for a young woman who has a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. This young woman has a history of Down syndrome. What is important for you to consider in the treatment of this patient?
A) That she is attitudinally disabled
B) That patients with Down syndrome are very oppositional
C) How the disability affects the patient
D) How the congestive heart failure affects the disability
Ans: D
Feedback: It is important to consider how the health issue or treatment regimen affects the disability. The other options are incorrect because a patient with Down syndrome is not attitudinally disabled, it is not important to consider that patients with Down syndrome are very oppositional because they are not, and patients with Down syndrome do not consider themselves disabled so their disabilities generally do not affect the patient.
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