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Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification – CPNP-
PC with 150 Practice Questions and Correct
Answers/ PNP Certification Test Practice Questions
and Answers
What is the State Nurse Practice Act? - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Defines the "scope of practice"
What are the 3 exceptions for HIPAA? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ -
Danger to self
- Danger to others
- Being harmed
What is assent? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A pediatric specific
term defined as an active affirmation of a desire to
participate in research. Used in adjunct with consent
How old must a child be to assent? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 7
years old
What is the nur...ANSWER...✓✓ - Assess the rational ses role when there
is refusal of care? -
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- Educate
- Advocate
What is the IDEA Act? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act guarantees
children with disabilities will receive a "free and
appropriate public education in the least restrictive
environment" with reasonable accommodations for
success
What are examples of reasonable accommodations for
success? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ - Ramps
- Communication devices
- Tube feed in school setting
What are the 3 main ethical principles in nursing? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ - Beneficence: Actions taken should
promote good (i.e. BENEFIT the patient
- Non-maleficence: Do no harm
- Justice: Treat all fairly and equally
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Define handoff - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Process of transferring
responsibility of care from one provider to another. Must
be standardized with opportunity for Q&A
What is shared governance? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ An
administrative model that provides an active role for all
staff nurses in decision-making and policy formation.
Examples include staff committees, where unit and
hospital issues are discussed, recommendations/
decisions are made.
What is the nurses responsibility for professional
boundaries? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To establish and maintain
boundaries.
Define professional boundaries - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The
space between the nurse's power and the patient's
vulnerability.
What two ways does the nurse maintain professional
boundaries? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ - No "friending" present of
former patients
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- Gifts should be given by the hospital and any gift
received should be given to the unit rather than the
individual
What is the nurse's primary role for patient's and family?
- ...ANSWER...✓✓ Patient advocacy! Access resources for
the families, defend, speak for, protect and safeguard the
child and family to the interdisciplinary team.
What is growth? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ An increase in size
that does not necessarily include development.
What is development? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The maturation
of structures and includes growth.
What is anticipatory guidance? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Teaching
parents the normal childhood growth and development
parameters.
What is cephalocaudally development? - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Growth from head to toe (i.e. head control, sitting, then
walking)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification – CPNP-
PC with 150 Practice Questions and Correct
Answers/ PNP Certification Test Practice Questions
and Answers
What is the State Nurse Practice Act? - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Defines the "scope of practice"
What are the 3 exceptions for HIPAA? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ -
Danger to self
- Danger to others
- Being harmed
What is assent? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A pediatric specific
term defined as an active affirmation of a desire to
participate in research. Used in adjunct with consent
How old must a child be to assent? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ 7
years old
What is the nur...ANSWER...✓✓ - Assess the rational ses role when there
is refusal of care? -
,2|Page
- Educate
- Advocate
What is the IDEA Act? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Individuals with
Disabilities Education Improvement Act guarantees
children with disabilities will receive a "free and
appropriate public education in the least restrictive
environment" with reasonable accommodations for
success
What are examples of reasonable accommodations for
success? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ - Ramps
- Communication devices
- Tube feed in school setting
What are the 3 main ethical principles in nursing? -
...ANSWER...✓✓ - Beneficence: Actions taken should
promote good (i.e. BENEFIT the patient
- Non-maleficence: Do no harm
- Justice: Treat all fairly and equally
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Define handoff - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Process of transferring
responsibility of care from one provider to another. Must
be standardized with opportunity for Q&A
What is shared governance? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ An
administrative model that provides an active role for all
staff nurses in decision-making and policy formation.
Examples include staff committees, where unit and
hospital issues are discussed, recommendations/
decisions are made.
What is the nurses responsibility for professional
boundaries? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ To establish and maintain
boundaries.
Define professional boundaries - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The
space between the nurse's power and the patient's
vulnerability.
What two ways does the nurse maintain professional
boundaries? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ - No "friending" present of
former patients
, 4|Page
- Gifts should be given by the hospital and any gift
received should be given to the unit rather than the
individual
What is the nurse's primary role for patient's and family?
- ...ANSWER...✓✓ Patient advocacy! Access resources for
the families, defend, speak for, protect and safeguard the
child and family to the interdisciplinary team.
What is growth? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ An increase in size
that does not necessarily include development.
What is development? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The maturation
of structures and includes growth.
What is anticipatory guidance? - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Teaching
parents the normal childhood growth and development
parameters.
What is cephalocaudally development? - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Growth from head to toe (i.e. head control, sitting, then
walking)
