The school health nurse recognizes that children who display certain characteristics are at risk for poor school performance. Which would be most likely to cause poor school performance?
1. Decreased ability to perform visual tracking
2. Increased auditory stimulation
3. Increase muscle tone
4. Multiple dental caries
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Rationale:
1. Children with a deficit in vision, hearing, and muscle tone are at risk for poor school performance, since most school activities involve listening, seeing, and kinetic activity.
2. Decreased, not increased, hearing can lead to school performance issues.
3. Decreased muscle tone is a risk factor for having problems at school.
4. School performance would least likely be affected by dental caries.
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