The Nurse Is Performing the Denver II Screening Test on a 12-Month-Old

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nurse is performing the Denver II screening test on a 12-month-old infant during a routine well-child visit.The nurse should tell the infant's parents that the Denver II:

• A)Tests three areas of development: cognitive, physical, and psychological
• B)Will indicate whether the child has a speech disorder so that treatment can begin.
• C)Is a screening instrument designed to detect children who are slow in development.
• D)Is a test to determine intellectual ability and may indicate whether problems will develop later in school.

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Definitions:

Selective Attention

The process by which a person focuses on certain input while ignoring other stimuli.

Schizophrenia

A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception and inappropriate actions and feelings.

Early Adulthood

A stage of human development that occurs from the late teens through the twenties, marked by the pursuit of independence and identity.

Acute Schizophrenia

(Also called reactive schizophrenia) a form of schizophrenia that can begin at any age, frequently occurs in response to a traumatic event, and from which recovery is much more likely.