MA600 EXAM 2 PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
◉ Interacting with children requires special techniques. If the
medical assistant can gain a rapport
with their patients, what behavior will the child most likely
display?
Answer: likely to cooperate during an examination or procedure.
Interacting with children requires special techniques.
◉ What position are infants weighed in?
Answer: recumbent position
◉ Length is measured in children younger than what age?
Answer: children younger than 24 months
◉ Height is measured in children in what position?
Answer: Standing position
◉ How is head circumference measured?
Answer: Across the forehead just above the ears and at the
midpoint of the back of the head
, ◉ Why is head circumference an important measurement?
Answer: measure for microencephaly and macroencephaly
◉ When is chest circumference usually measured?
Answer: measurement is done only when a heart or lung
abnormality is suspected.
◉ Why is a urinalysis collected from a pediatric patient?
Answer: to assist in the diagnosis of a pathologic condition
◉ The gauge and length of the needle used for intramuscular
injections vary based on what?
Answer: depending on the consistency of the medication to be
administered and the size of the child.
◉ Pediatric injection sites vary based on the age of the child.
Which site is recommended for infants and young children?
Answer: The vastus lateralis muscle site is recommended for
injections of infants and young children
◉ How do you locate the vastus lateralis site?
Answer: divide the mid-anterior thigh into thirds. The injection is
administered into the middle third of the thigh.
◉ When is it okay to use the deltoid site?
Answer: Until the child is over 18 months of age.
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
◉ Interacting with children requires special techniques. If the
medical assistant can gain a rapport
with their patients, what behavior will the child most likely
display?
Answer: likely to cooperate during an examination or procedure.
Interacting with children requires special techniques.
◉ What position are infants weighed in?
Answer: recumbent position
◉ Length is measured in children younger than what age?
Answer: children younger than 24 months
◉ Height is measured in children in what position?
Answer: Standing position
◉ How is head circumference measured?
Answer: Across the forehead just above the ears and at the
midpoint of the back of the head
, ◉ Why is head circumference an important measurement?
Answer: measure for microencephaly and macroencephaly
◉ When is chest circumference usually measured?
Answer: measurement is done only when a heart or lung
abnormality is suspected.
◉ Why is a urinalysis collected from a pediatric patient?
Answer: to assist in the diagnosis of a pathologic condition
◉ The gauge and length of the needle used for intramuscular
injections vary based on what?
Answer: depending on the consistency of the medication to be
administered and the size of the child.
◉ Pediatric injection sites vary based on the age of the child.
Which site is recommended for infants and young children?
Answer: The vastus lateralis muscle site is recommended for
injections of infants and young children
◉ How do you locate the vastus lateralis site?
Answer: divide the mid-anterior thigh into thirds. The injection is
administered into the middle third of the thigh.
◉ When is it okay to use the deltoid site?
Answer: Until the child is over 18 months of age.
