Deck 16: Assessment of the School-Aged Child

Question 1

Respiratory rate increases between the ages of 6 and 12 as the lung capacity increases and the amount of air exchanged with each breath increases.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The normal respiratory rate for the school-aged child group should be between 16 and 25 breaths per minute.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Hemorrhage, respiratory distress, and increased intracranial pressure may affect heart rate in the school-aged child.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The presence of body odor may be an indicator of early puberty.

Question 5

The skin of school-aged children normally appears smooth and even because apocrine sweat glands are not functioning yet; therefore, the skin is less oily and perspiration does not have a strong odor.

Question 6

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below.

-At 6 years of age, most children can skip, hop, roller skate, and catch a bounced ball.

A)Gross motor skills
B)Fine motor skills
C)Language

Question 7

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below.

-Six-year-olds can eat neatly but may need assistance to cut their meat.

A)Gross motor skills
B)Fine motor skills
C)Language

Question 8

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below.

-By age 8, a child should be able to dress herself, draw a circle touching a square, tie shoes, and draw a person with 12 parts, including a head with facial features and trunk.

A)Gross motor skills
B)Fine motor skills
C)Language

Question 9

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below.

-Children who have difficulty with expressive as well as receptive skills often present with impaired social interactions.

A)Gross motor skills
B)Fine motor skills
C)Language

Question 10

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below.

-Understanding that numbers and objects can change and then return to their original state.

A)Conservation
B)Classification
C)Reversibility
D)Seriation
E)Decentration

Question 11

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below.

-Ability to arrange similar objects according to some quantified dimension, such as weight or size.

A)Conservation
B)Classification
C)Reversibility
D)Seriation
E)Decentration

Question 12

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below.

-Realization that objects or sets of objects stay the same even when they are changed about or made to look different.

A)Conservation
B)Classification
C)Reversibility
D)Seriation
E)Decentration

Question 13

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below.

-Ability to move away from one system of classification to another one as appropriate.

A)Conservation
B)Classification
C)Reversibility
D)Seriation
E)Decentration

Question 14

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below.

-Ability to group objects together on the basis of common features.

A)Conservation
B)Classification
C)Reversibility
D)Seriation
E)Decentration

Question 15

The school nurse should refer the school-aged child for lead testing for all of the following except:

A)History of pica.
B)Neurobehavioral problems.
C)Cognitive development problems.
D)Able to read.

Question 16

Children who are having reading difficulty should be checked for all of the following except:

A)High lead levels.
B)Visual acuity.
C)Color vision.
D)Ability to see the blackboard.

Question 17

By 6 years of age, the child immunizations should include all of the following except:

A)Flu vaccine.
B)Second MMR.
C)Fourth IPV.
D)Fifth DTap.

Question 18

Which of the following are not common skin lesions in school-aged children?

A)Scabies
B)Tinea corporis
C)Urticaria
D)Scarlet fever

Question 19

Growing pains may be seen in the early school-aged child who is a normally active child. The child may complain of pain in the knee area, in the shin, thigh, or the entire leg. The school nurse should also consider all of the follow except:

A)UTI.
B)Transient synovitis.
C)Legg-Calve-Perthes disease.
D)Scoliosis.

Question 20

Which occurs first in girls' and boys' sexual development?

A)Girls: Axillary hair growth begins; boys: facial hair growth begins
B)Girls: Menarche occurs; boys: axillary hair growth begins
C)Girls: Breast enlargement occurs; boys: testicular enlargement occurs
D)Both: Pubic hair growth begins

Question 21

A measure of hemoglobin and hematocrit should be done ________________ during the school-aged years to monitor for anemia.

Question 22

Children with a history of ___________ and children whose dietary history reveals a poor diet should also be screened for iron deficiency.

Question 23

In a prepubertal girl, it is normal to have a small amount of clear, odorless, watery, or mucus-like discharge. However, the school nurse must always consider _______________ as a potential problem when these symptoms occur.

Question 24

Fluoride drinking water can help to reduce tooth decay. In areas where the fluoride concentration is less than 0.7 ppm in the drinking water, the school nurse should recommend the parent check with their health-care provider regarding the _______________________.

Question 25

Average stature growth is ___ inches per year and ____ pounds per year.