NURS3018 Lectures 2025/2026 Exam
Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
What are two key skills in paediatric nursing? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) communication
(the cornerstone of therapeutic relationships)
2) assessment - ongoing and requires the knowledge of normal growth and
development
What does AWCH stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Association for the Wellbeing of
Children in Healthcare
What are the AWCH standards of care? (4) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) the recognition of
rights
2) the provision of child and family friendly health service facilities
3) child specific equipment
4) appropriately trained staff
,What is the paediatric nurses' role in ethical decision making? (4) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1) recognises power inequity in the relationship between children, families and
the health care agency or institution
2) clarifies their own values, beliefs and attitudes, and thereby recognises own
biases and potential for influencing parents
3) facilitates the child's and parents' decision making
4) advocates for the chlild
Th age for consent for medial treatment differs across jurisdictions. What is the age
for NSW? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dual consent in NSW from 14 years
What does the law say in NSW for consent? (3) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) a child who is
mature enough to understand nature and consequences of treatment may legally
consent in their own right
2) a competency assessment may be used to ascertain the minor's level of capacity
3) generally accepted to be age 14 and over however this may be higher or lower
dependent on the individual and the proposed treatment e.g. antibiotics vs surgery
What do we use for a competency assessment in minors? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gillick
competence
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,When assessing Gillick competence, consider... (6) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) the child's
age, maturity and mental capacity
2) their understanding of the issue, and what it involves - including the advantages,
disadvantages and potential long-term impact
3) their understanding of the risks, implications and consequences that may arise
from their decision
4) how well they understand any advice or information they have been given
5) their understanding of any alternative options, if available
6) their ability to explain a rationale around their reasoning and decision making
Young people and guardians confidentiality (4) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) YP may
request that their parents not be informed of their access to a service or the
treatments accessed at a service
2) If a YP has the capacity to consent to service provision you are not required to
inform the parent/carer of the YP health information
3) Only if the YP does not have capacity to consent may you consider releasing
information for the purposes of medical treatment
4) If a parent/carer requests access to files and the YP is over 14 years of age, they
need the YP consent
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, What are 6 types of child abuse? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Physical, sexual, emotional,
psychological, neglect, witness to domestic violence
Child abuse and neglect notifications are substantiated when: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"in
the professional opinion of the officers concerned, there is reasonable cause to
believe that the child has been, is being or is likely to be abused or neglected"
(AIHW, 2017)
What does AIHW stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Australian Institute of health and
welfare
What is a health professionals' role and responsibility in child protection
legislation? (3) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) mandatory reporting of known and suspected
child abuse and neglect
2) identification, evaluation and documentation of injuries
3) collaboration with law enforcement, social services and criminal justice system
What are red flags that can used to help recognise child abuse? (7) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1) delayed presentation
2) story inconsistent with injury
3) inappropriate for developmental stage
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Questions and Corresponding Answers
with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
What are two key skills in paediatric nursing? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) communication
(the cornerstone of therapeutic relationships)
2) assessment - ongoing and requires the knowledge of normal growth and
development
What does AWCH stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Association for the Wellbeing of
Children in Healthcare
What are the AWCH standards of care? (4) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) the recognition of
rights
2) the provision of child and family friendly health service facilities
3) child specific equipment
4) appropriately trained staff
,What is the paediatric nurses' role in ethical decision making? (4) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1) recognises power inequity in the relationship between children, families and
the health care agency or institution
2) clarifies their own values, beliefs and attitudes, and thereby recognises own
biases and potential for influencing parents
3) facilitates the child's and parents' decision making
4) advocates for the chlild
Th age for consent for medial treatment differs across jurisdictions. What is the age
for NSW? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Dual consent in NSW from 14 years
What does the law say in NSW for consent? (3) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) a child who is
mature enough to understand nature and consequences of treatment may legally
consent in their own right
2) a competency assessment may be used to ascertain the minor's level of capacity
3) generally accepted to be age 14 and over however this may be higher or lower
dependent on the individual and the proposed treatment e.g. antibiotics vs surgery
What do we use for a competency assessment in minors? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gillick
competence
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,When assessing Gillick competence, consider... (6) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) the child's
age, maturity and mental capacity
2) their understanding of the issue, and what it involves - including the advantages,
disadvantages and potential long-term impact
3) their understanding of the risks, implications and consequences that may arise
from their decision
4) how well they understand any advice or information they have been given
5) their understanding of any alternative options, if available
6) their ability to explain a rationale around their reasoning and decision making
Young people and guardians confidentiality (4) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) YP may
request that their parents not be informed of their access to a service or the
treatments accessed at a service
2) If a YP has the capacity to consent to service provision you are not required to
inform the parent/carer of the YP health information
3) Only if the YP does not have capacity to consent may you consider releasing
information for the purposes of medical treatment
4) If a parent/carer requests access to files and the YP is over 14 years of age, they
need the YP consent
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, What are 6 types of child abuse? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Physical, sexual, emotional,
psychological, neglect, witness to domestic violence
Child abuse and neglect notifications are substantiated when: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔"in
the professional opinion of the officers concerned, there is reasonable cause to
believe that the child has been, is being or is likely to be abused or neglected"
(AIHW, 2017)
What does AIHW stand for? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Australian Institute of health and
welfare
What is a health professionals' role and responsibility in child protection
legislation? (3) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1) mandatory reporting of known and suspected
child abuse and neglect
2) identification, evaluation and documentation of injuries
3) collaboration with law enforcement, social services and criminal justice system
What are red flags that can used to help recognise child abuse? (7) - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔1) delayed presentation
2) story inconsistent with injury
3) inappropriate for developmental stage
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