The nurse working in a pediatric office is scheduled to assess a female adolescent diagnosed with neurofibromatosis (NF) type 1. During this assessment, the nurse should be assessing the teenager for which of the following clinical manifestations of NF-1?
Select all that apply.
A)
Irregular menstrual periods
B)
Severe scoliosis
C)
Hearing loss
D)
Complaints of having a hard time concentrating in school
E)
Speech impediments
Ans:
B, D, E
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NF-1 children have many problems, often not apparent until puberty. They tend to have large tumors that cause facial disfigurement, skeletal deformities such as scoliosis, and neurologic complications like learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, and speech abnormalities.
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