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1. TheaclinicanurseaisareviewingastatisticsaonainfantamortalityaforatheaUnitedaStatesaversusaotheracountries.aCo
mparedawithaotheracountriesathatahaveaaapopulationaofaataleasta25amillion,atheanurseamakesawhichadeter
mination?
a. TheaUniteda Statesaisarankeda lastaamonga 27acountries.
b. TheaUniteda Statesa isa rankeda similara toa 20a othera developeda countries.
c. TheaUniteda Statesa isarankeda ina thea middlea ofa 20aothera developeda countries.
d. TheaUniteda Statesa isa rankeda highesta amonga 27a othera industrializeda countries.
ANS:aA
Althoughatheadeatharateahasa decreased,atheaUniteda Statesa stillaranksalasta inainfanta mortalitya amonga nationsa withaaa
populationaofaataleasta25amillion.aTheaUnitedaStatesahasatheahighestainfantadeatharateaofadevelopedanations.
DIF:aCognitiveaLevel:aRemembering
TOP:aNursingaProcess:aAssessmentaMSC:aClientaNeeds:aHealthaPromotionaandaMaintenance
2. Whichaisa thealeadinga causea ofadeatha ina infantsa youngera thana 1ayearaina theaUniteda States?
a. Congenitala anomalies
b. Suddena infanta deathasyndrome
c. Disordersa relateda toa shortagestationa andalowa birtha weight
d. Maternala complicationsa specificatoatheaperinatala period
ANS:aA
Congenitalaanomaliesaaccountafora20.1%aofadeathsainainfantsayoungerathana1ayearacomparedawithasuddenainfantad
eathasyndrome,awhichaaccountsafora8.2%;adisordersarelatedatoashortagestationaandaunspecifiedalowabirthawei
ght,awhichaaccountafora16.5%;aandamaternalacomplicationsasuchaasainfectionsaspecificatoatheaperinatalaperio
d,awhichaaccountafora6.1%aofadeathsainainfantsayoungerathana1ayearaofaage.
DIF:aCognitiveaLevel:aRemembering
MSC:aClientaNeeds:aHealthaPromotionaandaMaintenance
3. Whataisatheamajora causeaofadeatha fora childrena oldera thana 1ayearainatheaUniteda States?
a. Hearta disease
,b. Childhooda cancer
c. Unintentionala injuries
d. Congenitalaanomalies
ANS:aC
Unintentionalainjuriesa(accidents)aareathealeadingacauseaofadeathaafteraagea1ayearathroughaadolescence.aThealeadi
ngacauseaofadeathaforathoseayoungerathana1ayearaisacongenitalaanomalies,aandachildhoodacancersaandaheartadiseaseacau
seaaasignificantlyalowerapercentageaofadeathsainachildrenaolderathana1ayearaofaage.
DIF:aCognitiveaLevel:aUnderstanding
MSC:aClientaNeeds:aHealthaPromotionaandaMaintenance
4. Inaadditionatoainjuries,a whata area thea leadingacausesa ofa deatha inaadolescentsa agesa 15atoa 19a years?
a. Suicidea andacancer
b. Suicidea andahomicide
c. Drowninga andacancer
d. Homicideaandaheartadisease
ANS:aB
Suicideaandahomicideaaccountafora16.7%aofadeathsainathisaageagroup.aSuicideaandacanceraaccountafora10.9%aofad
eaths,aheartadiseaseaandacanceraaccountaforaapproximatelya5.5%,aandahomicideaandaheartadiseaseaaccountafora10
.9%aofatheadeathsainathisaageagroup.
DIF:aCognitiveaLevel:aRemembering
MSC:aClientaNeeds:aHealthaPromotionaandaMaintenance
5. Theanurseaisaplanningaaateachingasessionatoaadolescentsaaboutadeathsabyaunintentionalainjuries.aWhichashouldathe
anurseainclude aina thea sessiona witha regarda toa deathsa causeda byainjuries?
a. Morea deathsa occura ina males.
b. Morea deathsa occura ina females.
c. Theapatterna ofa deathsa doesanota varya accordinga toa agea andasex.
d. Theapatterna ofa deathsa doesa nota varya widelya amonga differenta ethnica groups.
ANS:aA
Theamajorityaofadeathsafromaunintentionalainjuriesaoccurainamales.aTheapatternaofadeathadoesavaryagreatly
, amongadifferentaethnicagroups,aandatheacausesaofaunintentionaladeathsavaryawithaageaandagender.aDIF:
a CognitiveaLevel:aApplying
TOP:aIntegratedaProcess:aTeaching/Learning
MSC:aClientaNeeds:aHealthaPromotionaandaMaintenance
6. Whata doa mortalitya statisticsa describe?
a. Diseasea occurringa regularlya withina aa geographica location
b. Theanumbera ofaindividualsa whoa havea dieda overa aa specifica period
c. Thea prevalencea ofa specifica illnessa inathea populationa ata aa particulara time
d. Diseaseaoccurringainamoreathanatheanumbera ofaexpecteda casesainaaacommunity
ANS:aB
Mortalityastatisticsareferatoatheanumberaofaindividualsawhoahaveadiedaoveraaaspecificaperiod.
Morbidityastatisticsashowatheaprevalenceaofaspecificaillnessainatheapopulationaataaaparticularatime.aDataaregard
ingadiseaseawithinaaageographicaregion,aorainagreaterathanaexpectedanumbersainaaacommunity,amayabeaextrapolate
dafromaanalyzingatheamorbidityastatistics.
DIF:aCognitiveaLevel:aRemembering
MSC:aClientaNeeds:aHealthaPromotionaandaMaintenance
7. Theanurseashouldaassessawhichaageagroupaforasuicideaideationasinceasuicideainawhichaageagroupaisatheathirdalea
dingacauseaofadeath?
a. Preschoolers
b. Younga schoolaage
c. Middleaschoolaage
d. Lateaschoolaageaandaadolescents
ANS:aD
Suicideaisatheathirdaleadingacauseaofadeathainachildrenaagesa10atoa19ayears;atherefore,atheaageagroupashouldabeala
teaschoolaageaandaadolescents.aSuicideaisanotaoneaofathealeadingacausesaofadeathaforapreschoolaandayoungaorami
ddleaschool-agedachildren.
DIF:aCognitiveaLevel:aUnderstanding
TOP:aNursingaProcess:aAssessmentaMSC:aClientaNeeds:aHealthaPromotionaandaMaintenance
8. Parentsaofaaahospitalizedatoddleraaskatheanurse,aWhataisameantabyafamily-
centeredacare?aTheanurseashouldarespondawithawhichastatement?