Question

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1. Public schools in this area have yearly vision and hearing screenings. Why do public schools (and many private as well) do these free screenings?

2. A parent is concerned about their toddler’s behavior as they are acting out at school, have difficulty paying attention and are struggling to sleep at night.

a. What would you anticipate the doctor having as differential diagnoses (options for possible conditions to rule out)- list at least three with brief general description (2-3 sentence description)

b. What are five possible nursing diagnoses going on with this family and patient?

Answer 1

1. the yearly screening is done in order to identify the problems in children that may leads to studying difficulties

2a. 1. attention deficit hyper activity disorder : trouble paying attention, poor sleeping at night, difficulty in paying attention are the most common signs and symptoms of ADHD

2. insomnia: inadequate sleep can cause procastination forgetfulness and inattention among other symptoms often mistaken for ADHD. learn the telltale signs of a sleep deficit

3. unattention from the parents: its quite not uncommon to see this type of behaviours from the children where they struggle to find care and affection from their own parents.

3.

1. defensive coping related to feeling of inadequacy and need for acceptance from others

2. impaired social interaction related to development disabilities

3. altered thought process related to personality disorders

4. risk for parental role conflict related to children with ADHD

5. risk for injury related to psychological ( orientation ineffective)