NUR 317 EXAM 1 2026/2027 – QUESTIONS, STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE
REVIEW
What is atraumatic care? - Correct answer ✔✔ Do no harm, prevent or minimize injury and pain
What is 50% of all acute illnesses? - Correct answer ✔✔ respiratory illness
what is the new morbidity - Correct answer ✔✔ Social, behavioral, educational problems that
may alter health
#1 cause of deaths less than 1 year of age is - Correct answer ✔✔ congenital anomalies
Informed consent Assent - Correct answer ✔✔ ethical requirement that a child be informed and
agree to decisions made by the person giving informed consent.
age: 7
Who can be an emancipated minor - Correct answer ✔✔ those above the age of 14 who
understand all elements of informed consent, and understand conseuqnces.
may fall into these circumstances:
pregnancy
marriage
high school graduation
living independently
military
,What is the scariest part of an assessment for a toddler? - Correct answer ✔✔ their face
respiration and pulse should be done... - Correct answer ✔✔ before the child is distrubed
when can you take blood pressure - Correct answer ✔✔ child is above age of 3
when does the posterior fontanel close? - Correct answer ✔✔ 2 months
when does the anterior fontanel close? - Correct answer ✔✔ 18 months
when should head lag stop? - Correct answer ✔✔ 6 months
microcephaly - Correct answer ✔✔ cranial smaller than normal
craniosynostosis - Correct answer ✔✔ the premature fusing of the skull bones
plagicocephaly - Correct answer ✔✔ infant head molded by continued pressure against a
surface
What is the last thing to do in exams with infants and children - Correct answer ✔✔ ears
pull the ear pinna down for children under - Correct answer ✔✔ 3
when should all 20 teeth appear? - Correct answer ✔✔ 30 months
when should the foreskin be retractable - Correct answer ✔✔ 3 months
, what could a sacral or pilonidal dimple - Correct answer ✔✔ meningocele
when should toe walking stop? - Correct answer ✔✔ 3 months
what is considered outside the expected parameters for growth? - Correct answer ✔✔ less than
5 or greater than the 95th percentile
You are giving pain medication to a preschooler how should you act as a nurse? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Use simple words, and give short simple explanations. Give reassurance that pain is
not a punishment
At what age can kids locate pain in terms of body parts? - Correct answer ✔✔ school age
How would you be able to tell if an infant is in pain? - Correct answer ✔✔ by behavioral
changes
ex: restlessness, clinging, whining, appetite changes
When should the pediatric patient leave the room? - Correct answer ✔✔ for painful procedures
ask yourself why?
Can you give ibuprofen to an infant? - Correct answer ✔✔ no, not until they are 6 months of
age
what is the appropriate does of acetaminophen for neonates - Correct answer ✔✔ 10
mg/kg/dose
REVIEW
What is atraumatic care? - Correct answer ✔✔ Do no harm, prevent or minimize injury and pain
What is 50% of all acute illnesses? - Correct answer ✔✔ respiratory illness
what is the new morbidity - Correct answer ✔✔ Social, behavioral, educational problems that
may alter health
#1 cause of deaths less than 1 year of age is - Correct answer ✔✔ congenital anomalies
Informed consent Assent - Correct answer ✔✔ ethical requirement that a child be informed and
agree to decisions made by the person giving informed consent.
age: 7
Who can be an emancipated minor - Correct answer ✔✔ those above the age of 14 who
understand all elements of informed consent, and understand conseuqnces.
may fall into these circumstances:
pregnancy
marriage
high school graduation
living independently
military
,What is the scariest part of an assessment for a toddler? - Correct answer ✔✔ their face
respiration and pulse should be done... - Correct answer ✔✔ before the child is distrubed
when can you take blood pressure - Correct answer ✔✔ child is above age of 3
when does the posterior fontanel close? - Correct answer ✔✔ 2 months
when does the anterior fontanel close? - Correct answer ✔✔ 18 months
when should head lag stop? - Correct answer ✔✔ 6 months
microcephaly - Correct answer ✔✔ cranial smaller than normal
craniosynostosis - Correct answer ✔✔ the premature fusing of the skull bones
plagicocephaly - Correct answer ✔✔ infant head molded by continued pressure against a
surface
What is the last thing to do in exams with infants and children - Correct answer ✔✔ ears
pull the ear pinna down for children under - Correct answer ✔✔ 3
when should all 20 teeth appear? - Correct answer ✔✔ 30 months
when should the foreskin be retractable - Correct answer ✔✔ 3 months
, what could a sacral or pilonidal dimple - Correct answer ✔✔ meningocele
when should toe walking stop? - Correct answer ✔✔ 3 months
what is considered outside the expected parameters for growth? - Correct answer ✔✔ less than
5 or greater than the 95th percentile
You are giving pain medication to a preschooler how should you act as a nurse? - Correct
answer ✔✔ Use simple words, and give short simple explanations. Give reassurance that pain is
not a punishment
At what age can kids locate pain in terms of body parts? - Correct answer ✔✔ school age
How would you be able to tell if an infant is in pain? - Correct answer ✔✔ by behavioral
changes
ex: restlessness, clinging, whining, appetite changes
When should the pediatric patient leave the room? - Correct answer ✔✔ for painful procedures
ask yourself why?
Can you give ibuprofen to an infant? - Correct answer ✔✔ no, not until they are 6 months of
age
what is the appropriate does of acetaminophen for neonates - Correct answer ✔✔ 10
mg/kg/dose
