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Broadribb's Introductory Pediatric Nursing
Nancy T. Hatfield
7th Edition
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Table of Contents
1. The Child and Family in Health Care
2. The Pediatric Nurse
3. The Pediatric Patient
4. The Pediatric Nursing Process
5. Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. The Infant
7. The Toddler
8. The Preschool Child
9. The School-Age Child
10. The Adolescent
11. The Child With a Chronic Illness
12. The Child With Cardiovascular Disorders
13. The Child With Gastrointestinal Disorders
14. The Child With Neurologic Disorders
15. The Child With Communicable Diseases
16. The Child With Respiratory Disorders
17. The Child With Genitourinary Disorders
18. The Child With Endocrine Disorders
19. The Child With Emotional and Behavioral Problems
20. The Child With Cancer
21. The Child With Hematologic Disorders
22. The Child With Musculoskeletal Disorders
23. The Child With Integumentary Disorders
24. The Child With Common Childhood Emergencies and Accidents
25. The Child With Special Health Care Needs
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Chapter 01
(ANSWERS AT THE END OF EVERY CHAPTER)
1. What two major practices in pediatric health care greatly decreased the death rate in
children in the 1900s in the United States?
A) Technologic advances and society's view of children and their needs
B) Development of anesthesia and the need for health teaching
C) Boiling milk and isolating children with septic conditions
D) Development of pediatrics as a specialty and preventing illness
2. Which physician first suspected that children who suffered from a lack of stimulation
were at greater risk of dying than those who were appropriately stimulated?
A) Arthur Jacobi
B) Joseph Brennaman
C) John Bowley
D) Marshall Klaus
3. Today it is possible to know many things about a child before the child is born. What
test would you administer to reveal the gender of the fetus and certain abnormalities
early in pregnancy?
A) Ultrasound
B) Amniocentesis
C) Chorionic villus sampling
D) HGP
4. Which physician is recognized as the father of pediatrics?
A) Arthur Jacobi
B) Ren Spitz
C) Joseph Brennaman
D) John Bowlby
5. In an attempt to control Medicare costs, the government developed a system that
predetermines rates to be paid to the health care provider. The rates are paid regardless
of the costs that the health care provider actually incurs. What is this system called?
A) Ambulatory payment classifications (APCs).
B) Cost sharing
C) Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs).
D) Prospective payment system
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6. There is a new norm and broadened concept in the health care system of pediatric health
care in the United States. This new practice in health care recognizes that the child
belongs to a community and has a particular way of life or culture and that health is
affected by these factors. What is this new practice called?
A) Regionalized care
B) Maternal-child care
C) Hospitalism
D) Family-centered care
7. Many experts suggest that parents read to their unborn children and play music to
provide early stimulation. If a pregnant patient questions you about the likely effect such
activities would have on the fetus, what could you accurately tell her?
A) Reading and playing music will develop the infant's musical skill.
B) The sound of her voice will comfort the infant.
C) The music and language will increase the child's creativity.
D) Reading to an unborn child has been shown to improve future language skills.
8. The nurse is working with a 1-year-old girl from a low-income family who comes to the
clinic with a vitamin D deficiency and anemia. What assistance program can the nurse
recommend to the child's young mother?
A) WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
B) SCHIP (State Child Health Insurance Program)
C) ECI (Early Childhood Intervention)
D) CHIP (Child Health Insurance Program)
9. Statistics show that more than 44 million people in the United States do not have health
insurance. What percentage are children?
A) 4%
B) 10%
C) 25%
D) 50%
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TEST BANK
Broadribb's Introductory Pediatric Nursing
Nancy T. Hatfield
7th Edition
Page 1
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Table of Contents
1. The Child and Family in Health Care
2. The Pediatric Nurse
3. The Pediatric Patient
4. The Pediatric Nursing Process
5. Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. The Infant
7. The Toddler
8. The Preschool Child
9. The School-Age Child
10. The Adolescent
11. The Child With a Chronic Illness
12. The Child With Cardiovascular Disorders
13. The Child With Gastrointestinal Disorders
14. The Child With Neurologic Disorders
15. The Child With Communicable Diseases
16. The Child With Respiratory Disorders
17. The Child With Genitourinary Disorders
18. The Child With Endocrine Disorders
19. The Child With Emotional and Behavioral Problems
20. The Child With Cancer
21. The Child With Hematologic Disorders
22. The Child With Musculoskeletal Disorders
23. The Child With Integumentary Disorders
24. The Child With Common Childhood Emergencies and Accidents
25. The Child With Special Health Care Needs
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Chapter 01
(ANSWERS AT THE END OF EVERY CHAPTER)
1. What two major practices in pediatric health care greatly decreased the death rate in
children in the 1900s in the United States?
A) Technologic advances and society's view of children and their needs
B) Development of anesthesia and the need for health teaching
C) Boiling milk and isolating children with septic conditions
D) Development of pediatrics as a specialty and preventing illness
2. Which physician first suspected that children who suffered from a lack of stimulation
were at greater risk of dying than those who were appropriately stimulated?
A) Arthur Jacobi
B) Joseph Brennaman
C) John Bowley
D) Marshall Klaus
3. Today it is possible to know many things about a child before the child is born. What
test would you administer to reveal the gender of the fetus and certain abnormalities
early in pregnancy?
A) Ultrasound
B) Amniocentesis
C) Chorionic villus sampling
D) HGP
4. Which physician is recognized as the father of pediatrics?
A) Arthur Jacobi
B) Ren Spitz
C) Joseph Brennaman
D) John Bowlby
5. In an attempt to control Medicare costs, the government developed a system that
predetermines rates to be paid to the health care provider. The rates are paid regardless
of the costs that the health care provider actually incurs. What is this system called?
A) Ambulatory payment classifications (APCs).
B) Cost sharing
C) Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs).
D) Prospective payment system
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6. There is a new norm and broadened concept in the health care system of pediatric health
care in the United States. This new practice in health care recognizes that the child
belongs to a community and has a particular way of life or culture and that health is
affected by these factors. What is this new practice called?
A) Regionalized care
B) Maternal-child care
C) Hospitalism
D) Family-centered care
7. Many experts suggest that parents read to their unborn children and play music to
provide early stimulation. If a pregnant patient questions you about the likely effect such
activities would have on the fetus, what could you accurately tell her?
A) Reading and playing music will develop the infant's musical skill.
B) The sound of her voice will comfort the infant.
C) The music and language will increase the child's creativity.
D) Reading to an unborn child has been shown to improve future language skills.
8. The nurse is working with a 1-year-old girl from a low-income family who comes to the
clinic with a vitamin D deficiency and anemia. What assistance program can the nurse
recommend to the child's young mother?
A) WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
B) SCHIP (State Child Health Insurance Program)
C) ECI (Early Childhood Intervention)
D) CHIP (Child Health Insurance Program)
9. Statistics show that more than 44 million people in the United States do not have health
insurance. What percentage are children?
A) 4%
B) 10%
C) 25%
D) 50%
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