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The nurse in an extended care facility assesses a client diagnosed with a diffuse axonal brain injury. The client has been in a persistent coma for 6 months. The client's spouse states, "I just wish he would wake up so that we can resume our normal lives." Which factor does the nurse conclude is not understood by the spouse?
Concrete Operations
A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development in which children from about 7 to 12 years old develop logical thinking but still struggle with abstract concepts.
Zone Of Proximal Development
A concept in education and cognitive psychology referring to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what they can achieve with guidance and encouragement.
Vygotsky
A Russian psychologist who proposed the sociocultural theory of cognitive development, emphasizing the role of social interaction in learning.
Formal Operations
In Piaget's theory, the cognitive development stage (starting around age 12) where an individual gains the ability to think abstractly, reason logically, and form hypotheses.
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