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fnuegbu

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The family of a child with mental retardation is expressing difficulty with managing the care needs of the child. The nursing diagnosis appropriate for this situation is
 
  1. Hopelessness related to terminalcondition of the child.
  2. Compromised Family Coping relatedto the child's developmental variations.
  3. Family Processes That Are
  Dysfunctional related to a child with mental retardation
  4. Impaired Parenting related to poorparenting skills

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A child with profound mental retardation has been admitted to the hospital for an appendectomy. The nurse recognizes that the IQ of this child is
 
  1. between 50 and 70.
  2. below 20.
  3. between 35 and 50.
  4. between 20 and 35.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer:2
Rationale: The family is compromised but not dysfunctional.Hopel essness and impaired parenting are not appropriate in the given situation.

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Answer:2
Rationale:Profoundretardation is described as an intelligence quotient (IQ) below 20.Mildmental retardation is described as an IQ between 50 and 70; moderateretardation is an IQ between 35 and 50;and severeretardation is an IQ between 20 and 35.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 27, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Jun 27, 2018
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