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on: Jul 19, 2018
A 13-year-old client with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has difficulty completing his homework due to distractions. Which strategy should a nurse teach the client's father to encourage task performance and completion?
 
  A) Mandate that the child remain in his room until he finishes all his homework.
  B) Punish the child by removing privileges if he does not complete his homework within a 2-hour period.
  C) Encourage the child to break the task into smaller, more attainable steps and reward the completion of each step with a physical activity break.
  D) Administer an extra dose of methylphenidate (Ritalin) to the child in the evening.

Question 2

Which of the following symptoms would you MOST likely find in assessing a client in the early stages of a dementia?
 
  a. wandering away from home
  b. trying to cook something in a plastic bowl on the stove
  c. confabulation
  d. perseveration


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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C
The nurse would most likely find confabulation during an assessment of a client in the early stages of dementia. Confabulation is the intentional filling in of memory gaps.


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