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mydiamond

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The nurse is teaching parents about caring for their child after cardiac surgery. Which of the following should be included in the instructions?
 
  1. The child will be restricted from most play activities.
  2. The child will receive prophylactic antibiotics for any dental, oral, or upper respiratory tract procedures.
  3. The child will not receive routine immunizations.
  4. The child will have a fever for several weeks following the surgery.

Question 2

According to Piaget, the adolescent is in the fourth stage of cognitive development, or period of what?
 
  a. Formal operations
  b. Concrete operations
  c. Conventional thought
  d. Postconventional thought


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

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1. The child should live a normal and active life following repair of a cardiac defect.
2. Parents should be taught that the child should receive prophylactic antibiotics to prevent endocarditis, according to the American Heart Association.
3. Immunizations should be provided according to the schedule.
4. Any unexplained fever should be reported.

Answer to Question 2

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A Cognitive thinking culminates with capacity for abstract thinking. This stage, the
period of formal operations, is Piaget's fourth and last stage.
B Concrete operations usually develops between ages 7 and 11 years.
C Conventional and postconventional thought refer to Kohlberg's stages of moral
development.
D Conventional and postconventional thought refer to Kohlberg's stages of moral
development.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Thank you


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Reply #3 on: Jun 27, 2018
No problemo


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