The nurse in the long-term care clinic is reviewing the charts of a group of children with chronic physical, psychological, functional, and/or social limitations
The nurse recognizes that chronic limitations might result from which of the following? 1. Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive diplococcus
2. Congenital heart defect
3. Pneumonia from haemophilus influenzae virus
4. Type 1 diabetes
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Rationale:
1. Streptococcus pneumoniae, a gram-positive diplococcus, is treatable, and will not cause chronic limitation.
2. A congenital heart defect can leave a child with a permanent chronic condition.
3. Pneumonia is not a chronic limitation.
4. Type 1 diabetes is not a chronic limitation.
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