A patient is being discharged 4 days following surgery for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The nurse knows the patient understands the discharge teaching when the patient states what?

Clinical Scenario: Mick Alfons, a 72-year-old male with a history of aortic stenosis, presents to the clinic with complaints of increasing shortness of breath, fatigue, and chest pain on exertion. He has been experiencing these symptoms for the past few months, and they have progressively worsened. On examination, he has a systolic murmur heard best at the right second intercostal space. His blood pressure is 150/90 mmHg, and his heart rate is 88 bpm. The nurse suspects that has [condition] related to [cue1] and [cue2]  

What is the defining feature of a linguistic-based approach?

Auditory Discrimination must be 100% perfect before a child can begin motor production.

The three phases of SSD treatment, in order, are: Generalization, Establishment, Maintenance.

Every SSD child must follow the exact same hierarchy of sounds (e.g., /p/ always comes before /s/).

Which of the following is an example of representing client preferences and values in SSD remediation?

You are treating a child with a single-sound error (/s/). You want to achieve “deep” mastery before introducing /z/. Which strategy are you using?

With very young children (e.g., toddlers), the SLP should focus more on phonetic placement with mirrors than on parent coaching and play.

According to the Challenge Point Framework, if a child is at 100% accuracy, what should the clinician do?