NSG 223 Mod 1.2 - Practice Exam Questions
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1.The nurse is providing Ans: A, B, F Feedback: When using
atraumatic atraumatic care,
care to children in a hospital the nurse would avoid or reduce painful
setting. procedures, avoid or reduce physical
What are distress, use
principles of this philosophy of core primary nursing, maximize
care? parent-child
Select all that apply. interactions, provide family-centered care,
A) Avoid or reduce painful and
procedures. provide opportunities for control, such as
B) Avoid or reduce physical participating in care, attempting to
distress. normalize daily
C) Minimize parent-child schedule, and providing direct
interactions. suggestions.
D) Provide child-centered care.
E) Minimize child control.
F) Use core primary nursing.
,2.The nurse is consulting with a Ans: C, D, E Feedback: The CLS would
child provide
life specialist (CLS) to help activities to support normal growth and
minimize development, grief and bereavement
the stress support, and
of hospitalization for a child. Which emergency room interventions for children
services would the CLS provide? and
Select all that families. The CLS would also provide non
apply. medical
A) Medical preparation for tests, preparation for tests, surgeries, and other
surgeries, and other medical medical
procedures procedures; support during medical
B) Support before and after, but procedures;
not and outpatient consultation with families
during, medical procedures (American
C) Activities to support normal Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on
growth and development Hospital
D) Grief and bereavement support Care and Child Life Council, 2014,
E) Emergency room interventions reaffirmed 2018).
for
children and families
F) Only inpatient consultations
with
families
,3.The nurse is implementing Ans: C Feedback: The nurse should insert
interventions to prevent physical a saline
stressors for a lock if the child will require multiple doses
9-year-old child receiving of
chemotherapy in the hospital. How parenteral medications. During painful or
will the nurse provide invasive
atraumatic care for this child? procedures, the nurse should avoid
A) Use restraint or holding down of traditional
the child during the procedure to restraint or holding down of the child and
prevent use
injury. alternative positioning such as therapeutic
B) Have the parent stand near hugging. If therapeutic hugging is not an
and/or option,
rub the child's feet during the the nurse could have the parent stand near
procedure. the
C) Insert a saline lock if the child child's head, not his feet to provide visual
will and
require multiple doses of verbal comfort. The nurse should also use
parenteral numbing
medications. techniques for blood draws or IV insertion.
D) Avoid using numbing
techniques
for multiple blood draws or IV
insertion.
, 4.The nurse contacts a child life Ans: A Feedback: The CLS is a specially
specialist (CLS) to work with trained
children individual who provides programs that
on a pediatric prepare
ward. What is the primary goal of children for hospitalization, surgery, and
the other
CLS? procedures that could be painful (Child Life
A) Decrease anxiety and fear Council, 2010a, 2010b). The goal of the
during CLS is to
hospitalization and painful decrease the anxiety and fear while
procedure. improving and
B) Keep children who are encouraging understanding and
hospitalized distracted from pain. cooperation of the
C) Perform medical procedures child. The CLS may use distraction
using atraumatic principles. techniques and
D) Act as a liaison between the act as a liaison, but that is not the primary
nurse goal of
and the child. the CLS role. The CLS does not perform
medical
procedures.
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Updated 2026
1.The nurse is providing Ans: A, B, F Feedback: When using
atraumatic atraumatic care,
care to children in a hospital the nurse would avoid or reduce painful
setting. procedures, avoid or reduce physical
What are distress, use
principles of this philosophy of core primary nursing, maximize
care? parent-child
Select all that apply. interactions, provide family-centered care,
A) Avoid or reduce painful and
procedures. provide opportunities for control, such as
B) Avoid or reduce physical participating in care, attempting to
distress. normalize daily
C) Minimize parent-child schedule, and providing direct
interactions. suggestions.
D) Provide child-centered care.
E) Minimize child control.
F) Use core primary nursing.
,2.The nurse is consulting with a Ans: C, D, E Feedback: The CLS would
child provide
life specialist (CLS) to help activities to support normal growth and
minimize development, grief and bereavement
the stress support, and
of hospitalization for a child. Which emergency room interventions for children
services would the CLS provide? and
Select all that families. The CLS would also provide non
apply. medical
A) Medical preparation for tests, preparation for tests, surgeries, and other
surgeries, and other medical medical
procedures procedures; support during medical
B) Support before and after, but procedures;
not and outpatient consultation with families
during, medical procedures (American
C) Activities to support normal Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on
growth and development Hospital
D) Grief and bereavement support Care and Child Life Council, 2014,
E) Emergency room interventions reaffirmed 2018).
for
children and families
F) Only inpatient consultations
with
families
,3.The nurse is implementing Ans: C Feedback: The nurse should insert
interventions to prevent physical a saline
stressors for a lock if the child will require multiple doses
9-year-old child receiving of
chemotherapy in the hospital. How parenteral medications. During painful or
will the nurse provide invasive
atraumatic care for this child? procedures, the nurse should avoid
A) Use restraint or holding down of traditional
the child during the procedure to restraint or holding down of the child and
prevent use
injury. alternative positioning such as therapeutic
B) Have the parent stand near hugging. If therapeutic hugging is not an
and/or option,
rub the child's feet during the the nurse could have the parent stand near
procedure. the
C) Insert a saline lock if the child child's head, not his feet to provide visual
will and
require multiple doses of verbal comfort. The nurse should also use
parenteral numbing
medications. techniques for blood draws or IV insertion.
D) Avoid using numbing
techniques
for multiple blood draws or IV
insertion.
, 4.The nurse contacts a child life Ans: A Feedback: The CLS is a specially
specialist (CLS) to work with trained
children individual who provides programs that
on a pediatric prepare
ward. What is the primary goal of children for hospitalization, surgery, and
the other
CLS? procedures that could be painful (Child Life
A) Decrease anxiety and fear Council, 2010a, 2010b). The goal of the
during CLS is to
hospitalization and painful decrease the anxiety and fear while
procedure. improving and
B) Keep children who are encouraging understanding and
hospitalized distracted from pain. cooperation of the
C) Perform medical procedures child. The CLS may use distraction
using atraumatic principles. techniques and
D) Act as a liaison between the act as a liaison, but that is not the primary
nurse goal of
and the child. the CLS role. The CLS does not perform
medical
procedures.
