A nurse is interviewing a child with attention deficit disorder. For which major characteristic should the nurse assess this child?
ExplanationA. A universal characteristic of these children is distractibility. They are highly reactive to any extraneous stimuli, such as noise and movement, and are unable to inhibit their responses to such stimuli.
B. Rituals are uncommon, although they do use repetition in language or movement.
C. Delayed development of language skills is not the major problem, but children with attention deficit disorder may exhibit
dyslexia (reading difficulty), dysgrammatism (speaking difficulty), dysgraphia (writing difficulty), or delayed talking.
D. Loss of abstract thought is not a universal characteristic associated with children with attention deficit disorder.
