WONGS ESSENTIALS OF PEDIATRIC NURSING
3 PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is the role of teaching skills in nursing care? Answer: To
instruct the patient and family rather than doing everything for
them.
◉ What does atraumatic care aim to minimize? Answer: Bodily
injury and pain.
◉ What should a nurse do to promote a sense of control for a child
during hospitalization? Answer: Provide choices and prepare the
child for unfamiliar treatments.
◉ What is the significance of developmental level in assessing child
injuries? Answer: It determines the type of injury that is likely to
occur.
◉ What is the impact of family-centered care on decision-making?
Answer: Families are expected to be part of the decision-making
process.
,◉ What does the nurse need to consider when providing care to
children? Answer: The child's developmental stage and its impact on
injury susceptibility.
◉ What is an important aspect of family-centered care regarding the
health care system? Answer: Families should be enabled and
empowered to work with the health care system.
◉ What does the term 'atraumatic care' refer to? Answer: Care that
minimizes physical and psychological distress for children.
◉ In what context is the cognitive level 'Understand' applied in
nursing? Answer: When discussing the impact of developmental
level on injury types.
◉ What does the cognitive level 'Analyze' refer to in nursing
assessments? Answer: Evaluating the nature of the nurse-patient
relationship.
◉ What is clinical reasoning in nursing? Answer: A complex,
developmental process based on rational and deliberate thought.
◉ What ethical principle is demonstrated when a nurse applies a
topical anesthetic before drawing blood? Answer: Beneficence, as it
promotes the patient's well-being by reducing discomfort.
,◉ What does autonomy refer to in nursing ethics? Answer: The
patient's right to be self-governing.
◉ What is the concept of justice in nursing ethics? Answer: The
concept of fairness.
◉ What is the significance of truthfulness in nursing? Answer: It
refers to the concept of honesty.
◉ Which action by a nurse demonstrates evidence-based practice
(EBP)? Answer: Questioning the practice of daily central line
dressing changes to ascertain their effectiveness.
◉ What is a risk nursing diagnosis? Answer: A potential problem
categorized as a risk, such as 'Risk for anxiety' when a toddler's
parents leave.
◉ What type of nursing diagnosis would be appropriate for a
toddler whose parents are leaving? Answer: Risk for anxiety.
◉ What should accurate documentation for a dressing change
include? Answer: Assessments and reassessments, patient response,
and outcomes of care.
, ◉ Which documentation accurately reflects a dressing change on a
child after an appendectomy? Answer: Appendectomy incision non-
reddened, sutures intact, no drainage noted on old dressing, new
dressing applied, procedure tolerated well by child.
◉ What is the cognitive level of understanding required for the
nursing process of planning? Answer: Understanding.
◉ What cognitive level is applied when formulating a nursing
diagnosis? Answer: Apply.
◉ What is the cognitive level for analyzing documentation in
nursing? Answer: Analyze.
◉ What are the key components of the nursing process in
implementation? Answer: Carrying out nursing interventions and
documenting patient responses.
◉ What is the role of the nurse in the context of evidence-based
practice? Answer: To question existing practices and seek better
approaches based on outcomes.
◉ What does the term 'management of care' refer to in nursing?
Answer: Ensuring safe and effective care environment for patients.
3 PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ What is the role of teaching skills in nursing care? Answer: To
instruct the patient and family rather than doing everything for
them.
◉ What does atraumatic care aim to minimize? Answer: Bodily
injury and pain.
◉ What should a nurse do to promote a sense of control for a child
during hospitalization? Answer: Provide choices and prepare the
child for unfamiliar treatments.
◉ What is the significance of developmental level in assessing child
injuries? Answer: It determines the type of injury that is likely to
occur.
◉ What is the impact of family-centered care on decision-making?
Answer: Families are expected to be part of the decision-making
process.
,◉ What does the nurse need to consider when providing care to
children? Answer: The child's developmental stage and its impact on
injury susceptibility.
◉ What is an important aspect of family-centered care regarding the
health care system? Answer: Families should be enabled and
empowered to work with the health care system.
◉ What does the term 'atraumatic care' refer to? Answer: Care that
minimizes physical and psychological distress for children.
◉ In what context is the cognitive level 'Understand' applied in
nursing? Answer: When discussing the impact of developmental
level on injury types.
◉ What does the cognitive level 'Analyze' refer to in nursing
assessments? Answer: Evaluating the nature of the nurse-patient
relationship.
◉ What is clinical reasoning in nursing? Answer: A complex,
developmental process based on rational and deliberate thought.
◉ What ethical principle is demonstrated when a nurse applies a
topical anesthetic before drawing blood? Answer: Beneficence, as it
promotes the patient's well-being by reducing discomfort.
,◉ What does autonomy refer to in nursing ethics? Answer: The
patient's right to be self-governing.
◉ What is the concept of justice in nursing ethics? Answer: The
concept of fairness.
◉ What is the significance of truthfulness in nursing? Answer: It
refers to the concept of honesty.
◉ Which action by a nurse demonstrates evidence-based practice
(EBP)? Answer: Questioning the practice of daily central line
dressing changes to ascertain their effectiveness.
◉ What is a risk nursing diagnosis? Answer: A potential problem
categorized as a risk, such as 'Risk for anxiety' when a toddler's
parents leave.
◉ What type of nursing diagnosis would be appropriate for a
toddler whose parents are leaving? Answer: Risk for anxiety.
◉ What should accurate documentation for a dressing change
include? Answer: Assessments and reassessments, patient response,
and outcomes of care.
, ◉ Which documentation accurately reflects a dressing change on a
child after an appendectomy? Answer: Appendectomy incision non-
reddened, sutures intact, no drainage noted on old dressing, new
dressing applied, procedure tolerated well by child.
◉ What is the cognitive level of understanding required for the
nursing process of planning? Answer: Understanding.
◉ What cognitive level is applied when formulating a nursing
diagnosis? Answer: Apply.
◉ What is the cognitive level for analyzing documentation in
nursing? Answer: Analyze.
◉ What are the key components of the nursing process in
implementation? Answer: Carrying out nursing interventions and
documenting patient responses.
◉ What is the role of the nurse in the context of evidence-based
practice? Answer: To question existing practices and seek better
approaches based on outcomes.
◉ What does the term 'management of care' refer to in nursing?
Answer: Ensuring safe and effective care environment for patients.
