CARE OF CHILDREN WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED 72 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CARE OF CHILDREN WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED 72 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS CHAPTER 16 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. When children are hospitalized before age two, they usually recall: a. nothing about the hospitalization b. the worry and concern of their parents c. the loving care of the nurses and health care team d. memories of hurt, confusion, and abandonment ANS: D 2. Prior to the late 1950s, hospital rules governing parents visiting their hospitalized child were: a. very liberal, allowing unlimited visitation and rooming-in b. limited to the waking hours only c. very restrictive and often only weekly or a few hours each day d. limited to one parent only and that parent had unlimited visiting ANS: C 3. Which of the following documents described polices and practices in the care of hospitalized children and how detrimental these were to child development and recovery? (This document brought about change in visiting rules for parents visiting their hospitalized child.) a. The Platt Report of 1959 c. Lysaught Report 1970 b. Brown Report 1948 d. Patients Bill of Rights ANS: A 4. Which of the following nurses was the first to systematically study how children and parents cope with hospitalization and to document the effectiveness of nursing in allaying and managing the fears and concerns of children? a. Florence Erickson c. Gladys Sellew b. Dorothy Marlow d. Florence G. Blake ANS: D 5. Changes in health care financing have brought about which of the following changes in the care of hospitalized children? a. increased numbers of unlicensed personnel and decreased numbers of experienced nurses and nurses with advanced preparation caring for hospitalized children b. greater continuity of care with the same nursing staff assigned most of the time c. lower costs of health care for children due to cost cutting measures d. longer hospitalization stays for ill children due to purchase of the latest technology ANS: A 6. Which of the following is the predominant goal of nurses caring for children? a. Find out what is wrong with a child and fix it as efficiently as is possible. b. Identify the strengths of children and enhance their growth in the midst of stress and intrusions. c. Get the child and family well enough to go to the least restrictive environment.