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tth

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The pediatric nurse listens to a 9-year-old child read to his 6-year-old roommate. What action by 9-year-old child leads the nurse to question possible dyslexia?
 
  a. Becomes hyperactive and ceases to read
  b. Reads the word dog as God
  c. Makes up a story rather than reading the text
  d. Stutters as he reads

Question 2

A young child on the pediatric unit cannot express himself well. What therapeutic intervention might the nurse implement that allows children to act out their feelings?
 
  a. Art therapy
  b. Play therapy
  c. Music therapy
  d. Bibliotherapy



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Dyslexics often transpose a word as they read; for example, the word is dog, but it appears to the dyslexic child as the word God.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Play therapy allows a young child to act out with dolls or figures concerns that the child may be unable to adequately express verbally.



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