Child life practice exam questions
While having a blood draw, a child elects to play iSpy with a child life specialist rather than
watching the procedure. Which type of coping strategy is the child using?
a. Sensory
b. Cognitive
c. Behavioral
d. Reflexive -
b. Cognitive
Using the Brofenbrenner model of ecological systems, which layer represents community
support to the patient and family?
a. Mircrosystem
b. Exosystem
c. Mesosystem
d. Macrosystem -
c. Mesosystem
Which of the following best describes an emotion-based coping strategy used in child life
practice?
a. Promote deep breathing
b. Advocate for use of procedure/treatment room
c. Provide developmentally appropriate information
d. Promote problem solving strategies -
a. Promote deep breathing
A child life specialist advocates for patient and family-centered care practices when
considering this factor during assessment?
a. Identify patient's pain level
b. Identify the caregiver responsible for decision-making
c. Identify patient's hobbies
d. Identify patient and family's cultural background -
d. Identify patient and family's cultural background
The child life specialist has scheduled a game of Uno for adolescent patients with similar
diagnoses to encourage socialization among the group. This activity would be an example of
a. Therapeutic play
b. Normalizing play
c. Parallel play
d. Onlooker play -
a. Therapeutic play
What is the difference between palliative and hospice?
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,a. Palliative care is a broad philosophy of total and compassionate care provided in the
hospital whereas hospice is provided in the patient's home when cure is no longer possible
b. Palliative care extends the concept of care beyond connotation of hospice to include a
longer time frame and broadens the scope to apply to other illnesses that are life limiting
c. Palliative care focuses on stopping medical technology support while hospice focuses on
end-of-life and quality of life care of patient's family
d. Palliative care encompasses a comprehensive and compassionate care, exclusive of
parental and neonates, that meets the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of
child, youth, and adult patients and family -
b. Palliative care extends the concept of care beyond connotation of hospice to
include a longer time frame and broadens the scope to apply to other illnesses that are life
limiting
A child life specialist provides a variety of medical supplies. A 10-year-old child that has
both hands in casts chooses to place casts on the paws of a stuffed animal. The type of play
that is most likely to happen is
a. Parallel play
b. Age appropriate play
c. Child-directed play
d. Spontaneous play -
d. Spontaneous play
what should be considered when evaluating a child life plan of care?
(a) goal to be achieved
(b) available resources
(c) patient satisfaction scores
(d) results of questionnaires -
a. goal to be achieved
28. which of the following could be a response to hospitalization for an infant?
(a) dependency
(b) regression
(c) feeding aversion
(d) failure to bond -
(d) failure to bond
36. a collaborative approach to care includes all members of the team: children, families,
health professionals, and which of the following?
(a) donors
(b) community
(c) administration
(d) volunteers -
(b) community
38. when interviewing a family, which of the following is most important to assess?
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, (a) child's interests and talents
(b) child's position in the family
(c) child's developmental level
(d) child's grade in school -
(c) child's developmental level
The purpose of quality management activities is to:
A. Establish a system of formal record-keeping for a child life program.
B. Professionalize child life services.
C. Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care.
D. Document established child life practices, beliefs, and philosophies that have not been
adequately evaluated. -
C. Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care.
All of the following will come from the use of statistics, numerical analysis, and record
keeping EXCEPT:
A Components for rewriting job descriptions.
B Professionalization of child life services.
C Increased efficiency of child life services.
D Usefulness for staff feedback and review. -
A Components for rewriting job descriptions.
An essential component of any student or volunteer orientation is a(n):
A Icebreaking activity that encourages bonding.
B "Show and tell" session about past hospital experiences.
C Handbook of the material covered.
D Test used to screen out potentially ineffective students or volunteers. -
C Handbook of the material covered.
When evaluating the outcome of Child Life services for a particular patient, collaboration
with other health care professionals is essential to:
A Ensure that they are following through with your expectations.
B Share observations and concerns.
C Obtain each professional's opinion regarding a child's behavior.
D Share personal opinions regarding the child's support systems. -
B Share observations and concerns.
patient classification system is NOT a:
A Form of a structural assessment tool.
B Method for prioritizing care of patients.
C Tool for developing patient care plans.
D Way to determine the degree of child life care needed to reach goals. -
A Form of a structural assessment tool.
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While having a blood draw, a child elects to play iSpy with a child life specialist rather than
watching the procedure. Which type of coping strategy is the child using?
a. Sensory
b. Cognitive
c. Behavioral
d. Reflexive -
b. Cognitive
Using the Brofenbrenner model of ecological systems, which layer represents community
support to the patient and family?
a. Mircrosystem
b. Exosystem
c. Mesosystem
d. Macrosystem -
c. Mesosystem
Which of the following best describes an emotion-based coping strategy used in child life
practice?
a. Promote deep breathing
b. Advocate for use of procedure/treatment room
c. Provide developmentally appropriate information
d. Promote problem solving strategies -
a. Promote deep breathing
A child life specialist advocates for patient and family-centered care practices when
considering this factor during assessment?
a. Identify patient's pain level
b. Identify the caregiver responsible for decision-making
c. Identify patient's hobbies
d. Identify patient and family's cultural background -
d. Identify patient and family's cultural background
The child life specialist has scheduled a game of Uno for adolescent patients with similar
diagnoses to encourage socialization among the group. This activity would be an example of
a. Therapeutic play
b. Normalizing play
c. Parallel play
d. Onlooker play -
a. Therapeutic play
What is the difference between palliative and hospice?
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,a. Palliative care is a broad philosophy of total and compassionate care provided in the
hospital whereas hospice is provided in the patient's home when cure is no longer possible
b. Palliative care extends the concept of care beyond connotation of hospice to include a
longer time frame and broadens the scope to apply to other illnesses that are life limiting
c. Palliative care focuses on stopping medical technology support while hospice focuses on
end-of-life and quality of life care of patient's family
d. Palliative care encompasses a comprehensive and compassionate care, exclusive of
parental and neonates, that meets the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of
child, youth, and adult patients and family -
b. Palliative care extends the concept of care beyond connotation of hospice to
include a longer time frame and broadens the scope to apply to other illnesses that are life
limiting
A child life specialist provides a variety of medical supplies. A 10-year-old child that has
both hands in casts chooses to place casts on the paws of a stuffed animal. The type of play
that is most likely to happen is
a. Parallel play
b. Age appropriate play
c. Child-directed play
d. Spontaneous play -
d. Spontaneous play
what should be considered when evaluating a child life plan of care?
(a) goal to be achieved
(b) available resources
(c) patient satisfaction scores
(d) results of questionnaires -
a. goal to be achieved
28. which of the following could be a response to hospitalization for an infant?
(a) dependency
(b) regression
(c) feeding aversion
(d) failure to bond -
(d) failure to bond
36. a collaborative approach to care includes all members of the team: children, families,
health professionals, and which of the following?
(a) donors
(b) community
(c) administration
(d) volunteers -
(b) community
38. when interviewing a family, which of the following is most important to assess?
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, (a) child's interests and talents
(b) child's position in the family
(c) child's developmental level
(d) child's grade in school -
(c) child's developmental level
The purpose of quality management activities is to:
A. Establish a system of formal record-keeping for a child life program.
B. Professionalize child life services.
C. Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care.
D. Document established child life practices, beliefs, and philosophies that have not been
adequately evaluated. -
C. Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care.
All of the following will come from the use of statistics, numerical analysis, and record
keeping EXCEPT:
A Components for rewriting job descriptions.
B Professionalization of child life services.
C Increased efficiency of child life services.
D Usefulness for staff feedback and review. -
A Components for rewriting job descriptions.
An essential component of any student or volunteer orientation is a(n):
A Icebreaking activity that encourages bonding.
B "Show and tell" session about past hospital experiences.
C Handbook of the material covered.
D Test used to screen out potentially ineffective students or volunteers. -
C Handbook of the material covered.
When evaluating the outcome of Child Life services for a particular patient, collaboration
with other health care professionals is essential to:
A Ensure that they are following through with your expectations.
B Share observations and concerns.
C Obtain each professional's opinion regarding a child's behavior.
D Share personal opinions regarding the child's support systems. -
B Share observations and concerns.
patient classification system is NOT a:
A Form of a structural assessment tool.
B Method for prioritizing care of patients.
C Tool for developing patient care plans.
D Way to determine the degree of child life care needed to reach goals. -
A Form of a structural assessment tool.
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