NSG6435 FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● What action is most likely to encourage parents to talk about their
feelings related to their child's illness?
Answer: Use open-ended questions.
●● What is the single most important factor to consider when
communicating with children?
Answer: The child's developmental level
●● What is an important consideration for the nurse who is
communicating with a very young child?
Answer: Use transition objects such as a doll.
●● When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems
afraid, the nurse's approach should be based on which principle?
Answer: The child may think the equipment is alive.
●● Which age group is most concerned with body integrity?
Answer: School-age child
,●● An 8-year-old girl asks the nurse how the blood pressure apparatus
works. The most appropriate nursing action is to:
Answer: Explain in simple terms how it works.
●● When the nurse interviews an adolescent, it is especially important
to:
Answer: Allow an opportunity to express feelings.
●● The nurse is having difficulty communicating with a hospitalized 6-
year-old child. What technique might be most helpful?
Answer: Ask the child to draw a picture.
●● The nurse is taking a health history on an adolescent. What best
describes how the chief complaint should be determined?
Answer: Ask adolescent, "Why did you come here today?"
●● Where in the health history should the nurse describe all details
related to the chief complaint?
Answer: Present illness
●● The nurse is interviewing the mother of an infant. She reports, "I had
a difficult delivery, and my baby was born prematurely." This
information should be recorded under which heading?
Answer: Birth history
,●● When interviewing the mother of a 3-year-old child, the nurse asks
about developmental milestones such as the age of walking without
assistance. This should be considered because these milestones are:
Answer: An important part of the child's past growth and development
●● The nurse is taking a sexual history on an adolescent girl. The best
way to determine whether she is sexually active is to:
Answer: Ask her, "Are you having sex with anyone?"
●● When doing a nutritional assessment on an Hispanic family, the
nurse learns that their diet consists mainly of vegetables, legumes, and
starches. The nurse should recognize that this diet:
Answer: May provide sufficient amino acids.
●● Which parameter correlates best with measurements of the body's
total protein stores?
Answer: Upper arm circumference
●● An appropriate approach to performing a physical assessment on a
toddler is to:
Answer: Use minimal physical contact initially.
, ●● With the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) criteria,
which body mass index (BMI)-for-age percentile indicates a risk for
being overweight?
Answer: 85th percentile
●● The nurse is using the NCHS growth chart for an African-American
child. The nurse should consider that:
Answer: The NCHS charts are accurate for U.S. African-American
children.
●● Which tool measures body fat most accurately?
Answer: Calipers
●● By what age do the head and chest circumferences generally become
equal?
Answer: 1 to 2 years
●● The earliest age at which a satisfactory radial pulse can be taken in
children is:
Answer: 2 years
●● Where is the best place to observe for the presence of petechiae in
dark-skinned individuals?
Answer: Oral mucosa
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● What action is most likely to encourage parents to talk about their
feelings related to their child's illness?
Answer: Use open-ended questions.
●● What is the single most important factor to consider when
communicating with children?
Answer: The child's developmental level
●● What is an important consideration for the nurse who is
communicating with a very young child?
Answer: Use transition objects such as a doll.
●● When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems
afraid, the nurse's approach should be based on which principle?
Answer: The child may think the equipment is alive.
●● Which age group is most concerned with body integrity?
Answer: School-age child
,●● An 8-year-old girl asks the nurse how the blood pressure apparatus
works. The most appropriate nursing action is to:
Answer: Explain in simple terms how it works.
●● When the nurse interviews an adolescent, it is especially important
to:
Answer: Allow an opportunity to express feelings.
●● The nurse is having difficulty communicating with a hospitalized 6-
year-old child. What technique might be most helpful?
Answer: Ask the child to draw a picture.
●● The nurse is taking a health history on an adolescent. What best
describes how the chief complaint should be determined?
Answer: Ask adolescent, "Why did you come here today?"
●● Where in the health history should the nurse describe all details
related to the chief complaint?
Answer: Present illness
●● The nurse is interviewing the mother of an infant. She reports, "I had
a difficult delivery, and my baby was born prematurely." This
information should be recorded under which heading?
Answer: Birth history
,●● When interviewing the mother of a 3-year-old child, the nurse asks
about developmental milestones such as the age of walking without
assistance. This should be considered because these milestones are:
Answer: An important part of the child's past growth and development
●● The nurse is taking a sexual history on an adolescent girl. The best
way to determine whether she is sexually active is to:
Answer: Ask her, "Are you having sex with anyone?"
●● When doing a nutritional assessment on an Hispanic family, the
nurse learns that their diet consists mainly of vegetables, legumes, and
starches. The nurse should recognize that this diet:
Answer: May provide sufficient amino acids.
●● Which parameter correlates best with measurements of the body's
total protein stores?
Answer: Upper arm circumference
●● An appropriate approach to performing a physical assessment on a
toddler is to:
Answer: Use minimal physical contact initially.
, ●● With the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) criteria,
which body mass index (BMI)-for-age percentile indicates a risk for
being overweight?
Answer: 85th percentile
●● The nurse is using the NCHS growth chart for an African-American
child. The nurse should consider that:
Answer: The NCHS charts are accurate for U.S. African-American
children.
●● Which tool measures body fat most accurately?
Answer: Calipers
●● By what age do the head and chest circumferences generally become
equal?
Answer: 1 to 2 years
●● The earliest age at which a satisfactory radial pulse can be taken in
children is:
Answer: 2 years
●● Where is the best place to observe for the presence of petechiae in
dark-skinned individuals?
Answer: Oral mucosa
