The Nurse Is Assessing the Mental Status of a Child

question 20

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assessing the mental status of a child. Which statement about children and mental status is true?

• A) All aspects of mental status in children are interdependent.
• B) Children are highly labile and unstable until the age of 2 years.
• C) A child's mental status is impossible to assess until the child develops the ability to concentrate.
• D) Children's mental status is largely a function of their parents' level of functioning until the age of 7 years.

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