The Nurse Is Assessing Mental Status of a Child

question 8

Multiple Choice

The nurse is assessing mental status of a child.Which of these statements 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) Children's mental status is largely a function of their parents' level of functioning until the age of 7 years.
• D) A child's mental status is impossible to assess until the child develops the ability to concentrate.

Understand the hypothalamus's role in regulating autonomic functions like temperature control, appetite, and water balance.

Identify the function of the thalamus in sensory projection and the control of motor functions.

Describe the structure and significance of the hypothalamic-pituitary connection.

Recognize the relationship between brain structures and specific neurological functions or disorders.

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Definitions:

Liability

A legal responsibility or obligation, which can be civil or financial in nature.

Reasonable-Person Standard

A legal criterion used to determine how an average person with ordinary prudence would act in certain situations.

Objective

A goal or target that is intended to be achieved.

Business Invitees

Individuals who enter a property for a purpose directly connected with the business interests of the property owner.