When a 5-Year-Old Diagnosed with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Bounces Out

question 5

Multiple Choice

When a 5-year-old diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder bounces out of a chair and runs over and slaps another child, what is the nurse's best action?

• A) Instruct the parents to take the aggressive child home.
• B) Direct the aggressive child to stop immediately.
• C) Call for emergency assistance from other staff.
• D) Take the aggressive child to another room.

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Definitions:

Intellectual Abilities

Capabilities related to the mind and intelligence, such as reasoning, problem-solving, and learning.

Binet and Simon

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon, French psychologists who developed the first intelligence test to identify learning difficulties in children.

Emotional Intelligence

The capability to recognize one's own emotions and those of others, discern between different feelings and label them appropriately, use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, and manage or adjust emotions to adapt to environments or achieve one's goal(s).

Definitional Clarity

The quality of being clear and precise in definition or explanation, aiding in understanding and reducing ambiguity.