Deck 1: Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing

Question 1

Which of the following is most descriptive of critical thinking?

A)A simple developmental process
B)Purposeful and goal-directed
C)Based on deliberate and irrational thought
D)Assists individuals to guess what is most appropriate

Answer 1

Purposeful and goal-directed

Question 2

Which of the following nursing interventions is most descriptive of atraumatic care of children?

A)Preparing child for separation from parents during hospitalization
B)Preparing child before any unfamiliar treatment or procedure
C)Helping child accept the loss of control associated with hospitalization
D)Helping child accept pain that is associated with a treatment or procedure

Answer 2

Preparing child before any unfamiliar treatment or procedure

Question 3

The major cause of death for children older than 1 year is which of the following?

A)Cancer
B)Infection
C)Unintentional injuries
D)Congenital abnormalities

Answer 3

Unintentional injuries

Question 4

Which of the following is the leading cause of death in infants younger than 1 year?

A)Congenital anomalies
B)Sudden infant death syndrome
C)Respiratory distress syndrome
D)Infections specific to the perinatal period

Question 5

Which of the following is the leading cause of death among black boys aged 15 to 19 years?

A)Suicide
B)Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
C)Firearm homicide
D)Occupational injuries

Question 6

Which of the following best describes why case management as a care delivery system was created?

A)Lack of primary care
B)Lack of nursing care plans
C)Need for family-centered care
D)Need for more cost-effective care

Question 7

Which of the following is most descriptive of family-centered care?

A)Reduces effect of cultural diversity on the family.
B)Encourages family dependence on health care system.
C)Recognizes that the family is the constant in a child's life.
D)Avoids expecting families to be part of the decision-making process.

Question 8

The type of injury a child is especially susceptible to at a specific age is most closely related to which of the following?

A)Physical health of the child
B)Developmental level of the child
C)Educational level of the child
D)Number of responsible adults in the home

Question 9

Which of the following is most suggestive that a nurse has a nontherapeutic relationship with a patient/family?

A)Staff is concerned about the nurse's actions with patient/family.
B)Staff assignments allow nurse to care for same patient/family over an extended time.
C)Nurse is able to withdraw emotionally when emotional overload occurs but still remain committed.
D)Nurse uses teaching skills to instruct patient/family rather than doing everything for them.

Question 10

In addition to injuries, which of the following are the leading causes of death in adolescents age 15 to 19 years?

A)Suicide, cancer
B)Suicide, homicide
C)Homicide, heart disease
D)Drowning, cancer

Question 11

Which of the following was created in 1965 under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce financial barriers to health care for the poor?

A)Medicaid
B)Child Welfare Services
C)Aid to Families with Dependent Children
D)Maternal Child Health Services Block Grants

Question 12

From a worldwide perspective, infant mortality in the United States:

A)Is the highest of the other developed nations.
B)Lags behind five other developed nations.
C)Has the lowest infant death rate of developed nations.
D)Lags behind 20 other developed nations.

Question 13

Who is most responsible and legally accountable for patient care when the RN has a person who is not licensed provide a selected nursing activity or task?

A)RN
B)Unlicensed person
C)Health care institution
D)State where unlicensed person is caring for patients

Question 14

Which of the following is descriptive of deaths caused by unintentional injuries?

A)More deaths occur in males.
B)More deaths occur in females.
C)Pattern of deaths varies widely in Western societies.
D)Pattern of deaths does not vary according to age and sex.

Question 15

In 1935, Title V of the Social Security Act was passed. This was significant in the evolution of child health care in the United States because it established which of the following?

A)Medicaid
B)Children's Bureau
C)Child Welfare Services
D)White House Conferences on Children

Question 16

Information about morbidity and mortality gives the nurse data to identify which of the following?

A)Life-span statistics
B)Effectiveness of treatment
C)Cost-effective treatment for general population
D)High-risk age groups for certain disorders or hazards

Question 17

Which of the following is descriptive of morbidity in childhood?

A)Morbidity does not vary with age.
B)Morbidity is not distributed randomly.
C)Little can be done to improve morbidity.
D)Unintentional injuries do not have an effect on morbidity.

Question 18

Which of the following is now referred to as the "new morbidity?"

A)Limitations in the major activities of daily living
B)Unintentional injuries that cause chronic health problems
C)Discoveries of new therapies to treat health problems
D)Behavioral, social, and educational problems that alter health

Question 19

Which of the following is the leading cause of death from unintentional injuries in children?

A)Poisoning
B)Drowning
C)Motor vehicle-related fatalities
D)Fire- and burn-related fatalities

Question 20

Morbidity statistics describe which of the following?

A)The number of individuals who have died over a specific period
B)The prevalence of a specific illness in the population at a particular time
C)Disease occurring in greater than the expected number of cases in a community
D)Disease occurring regularly within a geographic location

Question 21

Which of the following is the first part of a nursing diagnosis?

A)Signs and symptoms
B)Identification of actual health problems
C)Human response to state of illness or health
D)Etiology expressed as related or risk factors

Question 22

Which of the following is descriptive of nursing diagnoses?

A)They should describe everything for which nursing is responsible.
B)They should reflect the interdependent and independent dimensions of nursing.
C)The cause of the problem must be identified before a nursing diagnosis can be made.
D)The cause of the problem implies a cause-and-effect relation in the nursing diagnosis.

Question 23

A classification system, such as Gordon's 11 functional health patterns, is useful to do which of the following?

A)Identify medical diagnoses
B)Establish nursing diagnoses
C)Describe all nursing actions
D)Minimize need for assessment