Case Study – Intellectual Developmental Disorder (IDD) (Nursing)

00:00 So, let's take a look at one of the children and have a couple of questions. Let's say we have a 10-year-old child and this child has moderate intellectual disability disorder.

00:15 And this child has just been admitted to the hospital for a broken leg and the broken leg is going to need an open reduction, we're going to have to take this child to surgery.

00:27 Now prior to the accident, this child was able to do most of care independently, but always needed a bit of supervision. Remember our child is 10 years old. What do you think the nursing priority for this patient is going to be? Now if you recall, I just said safety, safety, safety, safety is always the answer. But you always will have other alternatives and you need to pick the best answer. So A is safety, B is help with self-care, C is assist with meals, and D is teach the child how to walk in a walking cast. When you look at this kind of questions, well, help with self-care that seems right. Assist with meals, that seems appropriate. Teach the child how to walk in a walking cast, that's going to be appropriate as well. But we want to know what our primary focus is going to be and that is going to be the child's safety. So think primary. What is your priority?