Pediatric Nursing Final Study Guide Exam.
1. The nurse is caring for a small child who puts his
arm D through the side rail just as the nurse is
lowering the side rail. The child gets big bruise.
The housekeeper asks the nurse what
happened. The nurse should:
A. tell the housekeeper, since the housekeeper
is part of the healthcare team
B. restrict information to general statements
such as "it was an accident."
C. suggest the housekeeper ask the head nurse
D.Avoid discussing the accident with the housekeeper
2. Which of the following positions does the nurse use B
for the child who has just returned to the
room from a tonsillectomy?
A. elevated head and legs
B. on the abdomen or side
C. on the back and flat
D. on the back or sitting up
3. As a nurse you must explore your beliefs about
med- D ication for infants and children because
research has shown which of the following?
A. nurses are likely to overmedication and
undermed- icate children under their care
B. nurses tend to believe that medication will
harm children more than help them
C. it takes a lo of exploration of beliefs before a
nurse can be consistent in the administration
of pain med- ication regardless of race,
gender, religion or social status
D.Education level, personal pain experience and num-
, Pediatric Nursing Final Study Guide Exam.
ber of years in practice influence the nurse
in the decision to medication or not medicate a
child in pain
4. Compared to children or adults, adolescents' gender D
attitudes and behavior are found to be:
A. about the same
B. far more liberal
C. somewhat more liberal
D. more traditional
5. If burns are severe enough, the child will require
fluid D replacement. Whcih of the following
fluids is most often used as a replacement?
A. d5% in water
B. 1/2 NS
C. NS
D. LR
6. When caregivers of a child with a chronic health
care D condition look for meaning in their
situation, they most often:
A. feel small, helpless and hopeless in the face of
such a long-term responsibility
B. find they have little or nothing to be
thankful for and drop out of their religion
C. give up and adopt a martyr-like existence
because any meaning is depression or
demeaning
D.find positive outcomes, such as family
relationships being strengthened due to
working together
7. The nurse assessing an infant for intusseception
will C look for 3 classic signs and symptoms:
, Pediatric Nursing Final Study Guide Exam.
colicky inter- mittent abdominal pain,
vomiting, and which kind of
, Pediatric Nursing Final Study Guide Exam.
stool?
A. mustard or clay-colored
B. frothy stools that float
C. currant jelly like stools
D. black tar colored stools
8. Which of the following infants is at greatest rick of C
sudden infant death syndrome?
A. male full-term, 7 months old
B. female, full-term, 8 month old
C. male twin, premature, 4 month old
D. female, single birth, 4 month old
9. You are the nurse working with parents and
their new- B borns on a postpartum unit there
the newborns room with the mother. The
parents of one of the babies learns that their
newborn has mental retardation. You notice
these parents going through the stage of denial
and then demonstrating anxiety. You realize
anxiety :
A. must be reduced as soon as possible and
you need to calm the family immediately
B. serves a purpose in alerting the family that
some- thing is amiss and in generating
needed energy to deal with the situation
C. will keep the family from completing the
stages of adjusting to the child having
mental retardation
D.is related to the loss of their dream of a
perfect child and how other people will be
disappointed in them
10. Which of the following practices is used by a
1. The nurse is caring for a small child who puts his
arm D through the side rail just as the nurse is
lowering the side rail. The child gets big bruise.
The housekeeper asks the nurse what
happened. The nurse should:
A. tell the housekeeper, since the housekeeper
is part of the healthcare team
B. restrict information to general statements
such as "it was an accident."
C. suggest the housekeeper ask the head nurse
D.Avoid discussing the accident with the housekeeper
2. Which of the following positions does the nurse use B
for the child who has just returned to the
room from a tonsillectomy?
A. elevated head and legs
B. on the abdomen or side
C. on the back and flat
D. on the back or sitting up
3. As a nurse you must explore your beliefs about
med- D ication for infants and children because
research has shown which of the following?
A. nurses are likely to overmedication and
undermed- icate children under their care
B. nurses tend to believe that medication will
harm children more than help them
C. it takes a lo of exploration of beliefs before a
nurse can be consistent in the administration
of pain med- ication regardless of race,
gender, religion or social status
D.Education level, personal pain experience and num-
, Pediatric Nursing Final Study Guide Exam.
ber of years in practice influence the nurse
in the decision to medication or not medicate a
child in pain
4. Compared to children or adults, adolescents' gender D
attitudes and behavior are found to be:
A. about the same
B. far more liberal
C. somewhat more liberal
D. more traditional
5. If burns are severe enough, the child will require
fluid D replacement. Whcih of the following
fluids is most often used as a replacement?
A. d5% in water
B. 1/2 NS
C. NS
D. LR
6. When caregivers of a child with a chronic health
care D condition look for meaning in their
situation, they most often:
A. feel small, helpless and hopeless in the face of
such a long-term responsibility
B. find they have little or nothing to be
thankful for and drop out of their religion
C. give up and adopt a martyr-like existence
because any meaning is depression or
demeaning
D.find positive outcomes, such as family
relationships being strengthened due to
working together
7. The nurse assessing an infant for intusseception
will C look for 3 classic signs and symptoms:
, Pediatric Nursing Final Study Guide Exam.
colicky inter- mittent abdominal pain,
vomiting, and which kind of
, Pediatric Nursing Final Study Guide Exam.
stool?
A. mustard or clay-colored
B. frothy stools that float
C. currant jelly like stools
D. black tar colored stools
8. Which of the following infants is at greatest rick of C
sudden infant death syndrome?
A. male full-term, 7 months old
B. female, full-term, 8 month old
C. male twin, premature, 4 month old
D. female, single birth, 4 month old
9. You are the nurse working with parents and
their new- B borns on a postpartum unit there
the newborns room with the mother. The
parents of one of the babies learns that their
newborn has mental retardation. You notice
these parents going through the stage of denial
and then demonstrating anxiety. You realize
anxiety :
A. must be reduced as soon as possible and
you need to calm the family immediately
B. serves a purpose in alerting the family that
some- thing is amiss and in generating
needed energy to deal with the situation
C. will keep the family from completing the
stages of adjusting to the child having
mental retardation
D.is related to the loss of their dream of a
perfect child and how other people will be
disappointed in them
10. Which of the following practices is used by a
