Pediatrics Exam 1-Growth questions with
complete answers latest update 2024 -
2025
3. Allowing toddlers to participate in actions of which they are capable is an
excellent way to enhance their autonomy. - ✔✔-A 3-year-old female is
hospitalized for a femur fracture. As her nurse, what nursing action would
help foster the child's sense of autonomy?
1. Allow the child to choose what time to take her oral antibiotics
2. Allow the child to have a doll for medical play
3. Allow the child to administer her own dose of Keflex (cephalexin) via oral
syringe
4. Allow the child to watch age-appropriate videos
2. Teens are most concerned about being like their peers. Having the teen's
friends visit will help him feel he is still part of the school and social
environment. - ✔✔-A 16-year-old male is hospitalized for cystic fibrosis. He
will be an inpatient for 2 weeks while he receives IV antibiotics. As the
nurse caring for this patient, what action can you take that will most
enhance his psychosocial development?
1. Fax the teen's teacher, and have her send in his homework
2. Encourage the teen's friends to visit him in the hospital
3. Encourage the teen's grandparent's to visit frequently
4. Tell the teen he is free to use his phone to call friends
3. Children should double their birth weight by 4 to 6 months of age. -
✔✔-A 6-month-old male is at his well-child checkup. The nurse weighs him,
and his mother asks if his weight is normal for his age. The nurse's response
is:
,1. "At 6 months his weight should be approximately three times his birth
weight."
2. "Each child gains weight at his or her own pace."
3. "At 6 months his weight should be approximately twice his birth weight."
4. "At 6 months a child should weigh about 10 lb. more than his or her birth
weight."
3. A 4-year-old child understands things in very concrete and simple terms.
Therefore, medical play is an excellent method for helping her understand
the procedure. - ✔✔-The nurse caring for a 4-year-old female in the ER is
about to start a peripheral IV. The nurse's best method for explaining the
procedure to the child is to:
1. Show the child a pamphlet with pictures showing the IV placement
procedure
2. Have the 5-year-old patient next door tell the 4-year-old about her
experience with her IV placement
3. Show the child the IV placement equipment, and demonstrate the
procedure on a doll
4. Tell the child that if she remains still, the procedure will be over quickly
2. Frequently adolescents will share more information when it is gathered
during a casual conversation. - ✔✔-A 17-year-old male is being seen in the
E.R. In order to obtain the adolescent's health information, his nurse should:
1. Interview the adolescent using direct questions
2. Gather information during a casual conversation
3. Interview the adolescent only in the presence of his parents
4. Gather information only from the parents
3. Often children will include much more detail of their feelings in drawings.
They will often express things in pictures they are unable to verbalize. -
✔✔-A 7-year-old female is being admitted to the hospital for a diagnosis of
, acute lymphocytic leukemia. The nurse wants to gather information from the
child regarding her feelings about her diagnosis. Which nursing action is
most appropriate to gain information about how the child is feeling?
1. The nurse should actively attempt to make friends with the child before
asking her about her feelings
2. The nurse should ask the child's parents what feelings she has expressed
in regard to her diagnosis
3. The nurse should provide the child with some paper to draw a picture of
how she is feeling
4. The nurse should ask the child direct questions about how she is feeling
3. Having the parents hold their child while in the hospital is an excellent
means of building the trust relationship. Infants are most secure when they
are being held, patted, and spoken to. - ✔✔-How can the nurse best
facilitate the trust relationship between infant and parent while the infant
is hospitalized?
1. The nurse should encourage the parents to remain at their child's bedside
as much as possible
2. The nurse should keep the parents informed about all aspects of their
child's condition
3. The nurse should encourage the parents to hold their child as much as
possible
4. The nurse should encourage the parents to participate actively in their
child's care
3. Most school-age children do not have imaginary friends. This is much more
common for children of 3 to 4 years of age. - ✔✔-The nurse is caring for a
7-year-old female on the school-age unit. Her mother is concerned that she
may have some developmental delays. Which of the following statements
would indicate to the nurse that the child is not developmentally on track for
her age:
complete answers latest update 2024 -
2025
3. Allowing toddlers to participate in actions of which they are capable is an
excellent way to enhance their autonomy. - ✔✔-A 3-year-old female is
hospitalized for a femur fracture. As her nurse, what nursing action would
help foster the child's sense of autonomy?
1. Allow the child to choose what time to take her oral antibiotics
2. Allow the child to have a doll for medical play
3. Allow the child to administer her own dose of Keflex (cephalexin) via oral
syringe
4. Allow the child to watch age-appropriate videos
2. Teens are most concerned about being like their peers. Having the teen's
friends visit will help him feel he is still part of the school and social
environment. - ✔✔-A 16-year-old male is hospitalized for cystic fibrosis. He
will be an inpatient for 2 weeks while he receives IV antibiotics. As the
nurse caring for this patient, what action can you take that will most
enhance his psychosocial development?
1. Fax the teen's teacher, and have her send in his homework
2. Encourage the teen's friends to visit him in the hospital
3. Encourage the teen's grandparent's to visit frequently
4. Tell the teen he is free to use his phone to call friends
3. Children should double their birth weight by 4 to 6 months of age. -
✔✔-A 6-month-old male is at his well-child checkup. The nurse weighs him,
and his mother asks if his weight is normal for his age. The nurse's response
is:
,1. "At 6 months his weight should be approximately three times his birth
weight."
2. "Each child gains weight at his or her own pace."
3. "At 6 months his weight should be approximately twice his birth weight."
4. "At 6 months a child should weigh about 10 lb. more than his or her birth
weight."
3. A 4-year-old child understands things in very concrete and simple terms.
Therefore, medical play is an excellent method for helping her understand
the procedure. - ✔✔-The nurse caring for a 4-year-old female in the ER is
about to start a peripheral IV. The nurse's best method for explaining the
procedure to the child is to:
1. Show the child a pamphlet with pictures showing the IV placement
procedure
2. Have the 5-year-old patient next door tell the 4-year-old about her
experience with her IV placement
3. Show the child the IV placement equipment, and demonstrate the
procedure on a doll
4. Tell the child that if she remains still, the procedure will be over quickly
2. Frequently adolescents will share more information when it is gathered
during a casual conversation. - ✔✔-A 17-year-old male is being seen in the
E.R. In order to obtain the adolescent's health information, his nurse should:
1. Interview the adolescent using direct questions
2. Gather information during a casual conversation
3. Interview the adolescent only in the presence of his parents
4. Gather information only from the parents
3. Often children will include much more detail of their feelings in drawings.
They will often express things in pictures they are unable to verbalize. -
✔✔-A 7-year-old female is being admitted to the hospital for a diagnosis of
, acute lymphocytic leukemia. The nurse wants to gather information from the
child regarding her feelings about her diagnosis. Which nursing action is
most appropriate to gain information about how the child is feeling?
1. The nurse should actively attempt to make friends with the child before
asking her about her feelings
2. The nurse should ask the child's parents what feelings she has expressed
in regard to her diagnosis
3. The nurse should provide the child with some paper to draw a picture of
how she is feeling
4. The nurse should ask the child direct questions about how she is feeling
3. Having the parents hold their child while in the hospital is an excellent
means of building the trust relationship. Infants are most secure when they
are being held, patted, and spoken to. - ✔✔-How can the nurse best
facilitate the trust relationship between infant and parent while the infant
is hospitalized?
1. The nurse should encourage the parents to remain at their child's bedside
as much as possible
2. The nurse should keep the parents informed about all aspects of their
child's condition
3. The nurse should encourage the parents to hold their child as much as
possible
4. The nurse should encourage the parents to participate actively in their
child's care
3. Most school-age children do not have imaginary friends. This is much more
common for children of 3 to 4 years of age. - ✔✔-The nurse is caring for a
7-year-old female on the school-age unit. Her mother is concerned that she
may have some developmental delays. Which of the following statements
would indicate to the nurse that the child is not developmentally on track for
her age:
