Exam 21: The Child with Cognitive, Sensory, or Communication Impairment

The nurse is teaching parents of a child with a cognitive impairment signs that indicate the child is developmentally ready for dressing training. What signs should the nurse include that indicate the child is developmentally ready for dressing training? (Select all that apply.)

A father calls the emergency department nurse saying that his daughter's eyes burn after getting some dishwasher detergent in them. The nurse recommends that the child be seen in the emergency department or by an ophthalmologist. The nurse also should recommend which action before the child is transported?

The nurse is teaching feeding strategies to a parent of a 12-month-old infant with Down syndrome. What statement made by the parent indicates a need for further teaching?

The camp nurse is choosing a toy for a child with cognitive impairment to play with during swimming time. What toy should the nurse choose to encourage improvement of developmental skills?

The nurse should suspect a hearing impairment in an infant who fails to demonstrate which behavior?

A newborn assessment shows a separated sagittal suture, oblique palpebral fissures, a depressed nasal bridge, a protruding tongue, and transverse palmar creases. These findings are most suggestive of which condition?

MATCHING Match the type of visual impairment to its definition. -Unequal curvatures in refractive apparatus

One of the techniques that has been especially useful for learners having cognitive impairment is called fading. What description best explains this technique?

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), formerly the American Association on Cognitive Impairment, classifies cognitive impairment based on what parameter?

The clinic nurse is assessing an infant. What are early signs of cognitive impairment the nurse should discuss with the health care provider? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is talking with a 10-year-old boy who wears bilateral hearing aids. The left hearing aid is making an annoying whistling sound that the child cannot hear. What intervention is the most appropriate nursing action?

Secondary prevention for cognitive impairment includes what activity?

The nurse is assessing a child with Down syndrome. The nurse recognizes that which are possible comorbidities that can occur with Down syndrome? (Select all that apply.)

The parents of a child with cognitive impairment ask the nurse for guidance with discipline. What should the nurse's recommendation be based on?

The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a 3-year-old child. The parents state that the child excessively rubs the eyes and often tilts the head to one side. What visual impairment should the nurse suspect?

The nurse should plan which actions to facilitate lipreading for a child with a hearing impairment? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is teaching parents the signs of a hearing impairment in infants. What should the nurse include as signs? (Select all that apply.)

A 5-year-old child has bilateral eye patches in place after surgery yesterday morning. Today he can be out of bed. What nursing intervention is most important at this time?

Autism is a complex developmental disorder. The diagnostic criteria for autism include delayed or abnormal functioning in which area with onset before age 3 years?

MATCHING Match the type of visual impairment to its definition. -Reduced visual acuity in one eye