NURS 346 PEDs Exam 2 Study Guide Questions with 100% Correct Answers.

What type of infant has a high risk of developing disabilities such as cerebral palsy, ADD and learning disabilities? When do they usually correct themselves? - Correct answer - preemies! - Around age 3 What are the transition times where stress of caring for a child with special needs is heightened? - Correct answer - During the initial diagnosis or change in prognosis - When the child has increased symptoms - When the child moves to a new setting - During a parent's absence - During periods of developmental change What is vulnerable child syndrome? - Correct answer - a clinical state in which the parents' reactions to a serious illness or event in the child's past continue to have long-term psychologically harmful effects on the child and parents for many year - The parents view the child as being at higher risk for medical, developmental, or behavioral problems - Parents exhibit excessive unwarranted concerns and seek health care for their child very frequently