CPN UPDATED COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the best response to a 12 year old
child who asks about rheumatic fever?
1. "Your immune system has mistaken your heart valves
as bacteria and is attacking your own heart."
2. "You have an infection in your heart."
3. "Your heart is having trouble handling an infection that is
in your bloodstream."
4. "This is a condition that can easily be treated with
antibiotics. - ✔✔
✔✔A 7 year old child was recently hospitalized with a
respiratory infection and has a special need related to
her autism. She lives with her mother, two sisters, and
grandmother. Which of the following describes the
family's composition?
a) Blended family
b) Nuclear family
c) Same-gender family
d) Extended family - ✔✔d) Extended family
, ✔✔When conducting an initial assessment of a 5 year old
child, which of the following would be the best approach
for the nurse to take?
a) Ask the child if she is allergic to anything
b) Request the child's mother step out of the room
c) Ask the child's mother what approach would work best
d) Ask the child's grandmother to explain the child's
behaviors - ✔✔c) Ask the child's mother what approach would work best
✔✔An infant weighed 2.90 kg at birth, Now at her 6 month
well-child checkup, she weighs 12.75 lbs. How would
you describe her weight gain?
a) Normal for her age
b) Small for her age
c) Large for her age
d) Excessive for her age - ✔✔a) Normal for her age
✔✔Parents of a 4 month old infant bring their blue and nonbreathing
baby to the emergency room where she is
diagnosed with sudden infant death syndrome. Which of
the following is most appropriate to say to the parents?
a) Do you know how to do CPR?
b) Tell me more about how you found her.
c) Why did you put the pillow in bed with her?
d) What did you do after you put her in bed for the
evening? - ✔✔b) Tell me more about how you found her.
✔✔. The father of a 2½ year old girl tells the nurse he is
frustrated by her temper tantrums and that she says "No"
to every question. Although the father realizes this is
common behavior for toddlers, he doesn't understand the
reason of the behavior. The nurse explains that toddlers
act this way as a normal expression of their desire to:
a) Increase their independence
b) Gratify oral fixation
c) Develop a sense of trust
d) Assert how industrious they are - ✔✔a) Increase their independence
✔✔Parents of an 18 month old are worried about their child's
behaviors and propensity to have accidents and get hurt.
Which of the following recommendations should the nurse
make to this parent?
a) Allow your child to learn by trial and error
b) Reward your child's good behaviors, and ignore the bad
behavior
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the best response to a 12 year old
child who asks about rheumatic fever?
1. "Your immune system has mistaken your heart valves
as bacteria and is attacking your own heart."
2. "You have an infection in your heart."
3. "Your heart is having trouble handling an infection that is
in your bloodstream."
4. "This is a condition that can easily be treated with
antibiotics. - ✔✔
✔✔A 7 year old child was recently hospitalized with a
respiratory infection and has a special need related to
her autism. She lives with her mother, two sisters, and
grandmother. Which of the following describes the
family's composition?
a) Blended family
b) Nuclear family
c) Same-gender family
d) Extended family - ✔✔d) Extended family
, ✔✔When conducting an initial assessment of a 5 year old
child, which of the following would be the best approach
for the nurse to take?
a) Ask the child if she is allergic to anything
b) Request the child's mother step out of the room
c) Ask the child's mother what approach would work best
d) Ask the child's grandmother to explain the child's
behaviors - ✔✔c) Ask the child's mother what approach would work best
✔✔An infant weighed 2.90 kg at birth, Now at her 6 month
well-child checkup, she weighs 12.75 lbs. How would
you describe her weight gain?
a) Normal for her age
b) Small for her age
c) Large for her age
d) Excessive for her age - ✔✔a) Normal for her age
✔✔Parents of a 4 month old infant bring their blue and nonbreathing
baby to the emergency room where she is
diagnosed with sudden infant death syndrome. Which of
the following is most appropriate to say to the parents?
a) Do you know how to do CPR?
b) Tell me more about how you found her.
c) Why did you put the pillow in bed with her?
d) What did you do after you put her in bed for the
evening? - ✔✔b) Tell me more about how you found her.
✔✔. The father of a 2½ year old girl tells the nurse he is
frustrated by her temper tantrums and that she says "No"
to every question. Although the father realizes this is
common behavior for toddlers, he doesn't understand the
reason of the behavior. The nurse explains that toddlers
act this way as a normal expression of their desire to:
a) Increase their independence
b) Gratify oral fixation
c) Develop a sense of trust
d) Assert how industrious they are - ✔✔a) Increase their independence
✔✔Parents of an 18 month old are worried about their child's
behaviors and propensity to have accidents and get hurt.
Which of the following recommendations should the nurse
make to this parent?
a) Allow your child to learn by trial and error
b) Reward your child's good behaviors, and ignore the bad
behavior
