A Toddler Has Begun Hitting and Biting Other Children at a Day

question 16

Multiple Choice

A toddler has begun hitting and biting other children at a day care center and is exhibiting temper tantrums and bad language at home. The parent reports that these behaviors began shortly after a sibling was born. What will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner do?

• A) Advise the parent that the child is exhibiting early symptoms of Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
• B) Engage the parent in positive parenting strategies to facilitate appropriate child coping.
• C) Recommend evaluating the child for conduct or oppositional defiant disorder.
• D) Suggest putting the child in another day care center to ameliorate the problems.

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The probability of observing a statistic at least as extreme as the one observed, under the assumption the null hypothesis is true.

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