Pediatrics Exam 1-Growth Questions & Answers.
1. A 3-year-old female is hospitalized for a femur fracture. 3. Allowing
toddlers to
As her nurse, what nursing action would help participate in actions
foster the child's sense of autonomy? of which they are
1. Allow the child to choose what time to take capable is an excellent
her oral antibiotics way to en- hance their
2. Allow the child to have a doll for medical play autonomy.
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. A 16-year-old male is hospitalized for cystic fibrosis. He 2. Teens are
most con-
will be an inpatient for 2 weeks while he cerned about being
receives IV antibiotics. As the nurse caring for like their peers.
this patient, what action can you take that will Having the teen's
most enhance his psy- chosocial development? friends visit will help him
1. Fax the teen's teacher, and have her send feel he is still part of the
in his homework school and social envi-
2. Encourage the teen's friends to visit him in ronment.
the hos- pital
3. Encourage the teen's grandparent's to visit
fre- quently
4. Tell the teen he is free to use his phone to call
friends
3. A 6-month-old male is at his well-child checkup.
The 3. Children should
double
nurse weighs him, and his mother asks if his weight is their birth
weight by 4 to 6
normal for his age. The nurse's response is: approximately
1. "At 6 months his weight should be three times
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his birth weight." months of age.
2. "Each child gains weight at his or her own
pace."
3. "At 6 months his weight should be
approximately twice his birth weight."
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4. "At 6 months a child should weigh about 10 lb.
more than his or her birth weight."
4. The nurse caring for a 4-year-old female in the 3. A 4-year-old child
ER is
about to start a peripheral IV. The nurse's best method understands
things in
for explaining the procedure to the child is to: very concrete and
simple
1. Show the child a pamphlet with pictures showing the terms.
Therefore, medical
IV placement procedure play is an excellent
2. Have the 5-year-old patient next door tell the method for helping
4-year-old about her experience with her IV her under- stand the
place- ment procedure.
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
5. A 17-year-old male is being seen in the E.R. In order to 2. Frequently
adolescents
obtain the adolescent's health information, his hospital for
nurse should: a
1. Interview the adolescent using direct diagnosis
questions of acute
2. Gather information during a casual lymphocyti
conversation c
3. Interview the adolescent only in the presence leukemia.
of his parents The nurse
4. Gather information only from the parents wants to
gather
6. A 7-year-old female is being admitted to the information
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from the child re- will share more informa-
tion when it is
gathered during a
casual conversa- tion.
3. Often children
will in- clude much
more detail of their
feelings in draw-
garding her feelings about her diagnosis. Which nurs- ings. They will
often ex-
ing action is most appropriate to gain press things in
information about how the child is pictures they are
feeling? unable to verbal- ize.
1. The nurse should actively attempt to make
friends
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1. A 3-year-old female is hospitalized for a femur fracture. 3. Allowing
toddlers to
As her nurse, what nursing action would help participate in actions
foster the child's sense of autonomy? of which they are
1. Allow the child to choose what time to take capable is an excellent
her oral antibiotics way to en- hance their
2. Allow the child to have a doll for medical play autonomy.
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. A 16-year-old male is hospitalized for cystic fibrosis. He 2. Teens are
most con-
will be an inpatient for 2 weeks while he cerned about being
receives IV antibiotics. As the nurse caring for like their peers.
this patient, what action can you take that will Having the teen's
most enhance his psy- chosocial development? friends visit will help him
1. Fax the teen's teacher, and have her send feel he is still part of the
in his homework school and social envi-
2. Encourage the teen's friends to visit him in ronment.
the hos- pital
3. Encourage the teen's grandparent's to visit
fre- quently
4. Tell the teen he is free to use his phone to call
friends
3. A 6-month-old male is at his well-child checkup.
The 3. Children should
double
nurse weighs him, and his mother asks if his weight is their birth
weight by 4 to 6
normal for his age. The nurse's response is: approximately
1. "At 6 months his weight should be three times
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his birth weight." months of age.
2. "Each child gains weight at his or her own
pace."
3. "At 6 months his weight should be
approximately twice his birth weight."
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4. "At 6 months a child should weigh about 10 lb.
more than his or her birth weight."
4. The nurse caring for a 4-year-old female in the 3. A 4-year-old child
ER is
about to start a peripheral IV. The nurse's best method understands
things in
for explaining the procedure to the child is to: very concrete and
simple
1. Show the child a pamphlet with pictures showing the terms.
Therefore, medical
IV placement procedure play is an excellent
2. Have the 5-year-old patient next door tell the method for helping
4-year-old about her experience with her IV her under- stand the
place- ment procedure.
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
5. A 17-year-old male is being seen in the E.R. In order to 2. Frequently
adolescents
obtain the adolescent's health information, his hospital for
nurse should: a
1. Interview the adolescent using direct diagnosis
questions of acute
2. Gather information during a casual lymphocyti
conversation c
3. Interview the adolescent only in the presence leukemia.
of his parents The nurse
4. Gather information only from the parents wants to
gather
6. A 7-year-old female is being admitted to the information
3/
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from the child re- will share more informa-
tion when it is
gathered during a
casual conversa- tion.
3. Often children
will in- clude much
more detail of their
feelings in draw-
garding her feelings about her diagnosis. Which nurs- ings. They will
often ex-
ing action is most appropriate to gain press things in
information about how the child is pictures they are
feeling? unable to verbal- ize.
1. The nurse should actively attempt to make
friends
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