The nurse is providing care to several hospitalized pediatric clients. Which child has the greatest risk for a developmental disability?
1. An 18-month-old admitted with a diagnosis of near drowning
2. A school-age child newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus
3. An toddler with sepsis
4. A 2-year-old child with a fractured femur
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Explanation:
1. Near drowning indicates a period of time when the child was underwater and not breathing; near drowning can leave a child with a permanent chronic condition.
2. Diabetes is a chronic disease but does not lead to developmental disabilities.
3. Sepsis is treatable and will not result in a developmental disability.
4. A fractured femur is limiting to a child but will not leave the child with a chronic, limiting condition.
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