Answer to Question 1
Answer: A
The nurse must consider a pediatric client's level of cognitive development before asking questions that involve calculation, judgment, or abstract thought. Even children with normal cognition will be unable to respond appropriately if they have not yet achieved the level of development necessary for these activities. The child's home environment, nutrition, and parental involvement in cognitive development will not explain why the child is unable to correctly respond to questions having to do with complicated math or history.
Answer to Question 2
Answer: B
The diagnosis of Alzheimer disease is based on the client history and physical examination. There is currently is no one test or procedure that makes the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease. Changes in the brain with Alzheimer disease include neuritic plaques containing beta-amyloid protein and neurofibrillary tangles containing tau protein, but these changes are found at autopsy, not by a CT scan or blood test.
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