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Matching Disorders
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💙 Learning Disorders: Dyslexia causes difficulty with reading, spelling, and word decoding, despite normal intelligence.
💙Dyscalculia involves impaired understanding of numbers and arithmetic, making mathematical reasoning difficult.
💙 Motor–Vocal Disorder: Tics are sudden, rapid, repetitive motor or vocal movements, often seen in Tourette’s disorder, worsened by stress but reduced by concentration.
💙 Elimination Disorders (Bowel and Bladder): Encopresis is fecal soiling in inappropriate places after age 4, usually caused by constipation or emotional distress.
💙Enuresis is bed-wetting at night after age 5 due to delayed bladder control, anxiety, or genetics.
💙 Etiology & Management: Learning disorders are neurologically based and managed with individualized educational support and early screening.
💙Tics and elimination disorders benefit from behavioral therapy, family education, and stress reduction.
💙 Nursing Role: Nurses provide emotional reassurance, promote non-punitive interventions, and coordinate multidisciplinary referrals (psychology, pediatrics, education) to improve function and confidence.
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- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Mental Health
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