NSG 502 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers

NSG 502 Exam 1 Questions With Correct
Answers

*infant*

- |age |range

- |characteristics

- |major |milestones

- |approach |for |physical |exam

- |health |promotion |issues |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |1-12 |months

- |rapid |growth

- |walks |with |one |hand |held, |says |few |words, |searches |for |objects

- |least |invasive |to |most |invasive |(head |last)

- |safe |sleep, |vax, |fall |prevention, |rear |facing |car |seat, |"shaken |baby |syndrome"



*toddler*

- |age |range

- |characteristics

- |major |milestones

- |approach |for |physical |exam

- |health |promotion |issues |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |1-3 |years

- |growth |continues, |but |slower; |understand |more |than |they |can |express |(causes |frustration)

- |develops |gross |motor |skills |(walking, |jumping)

- |very |sensitive |towards |the |head |area; |use |toys |to |distract

- |rear |facing |car |seat; |drowning; |furniture |bolted |down |so |it |doesn't |crush

,*pre-schooler*

- |age |range

- |characteristics

- |major |milestones

- |approach |for |physical |exam

- |health |promotion |issues |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |3-5 |years

- |growth |becomes |proportional |(legs |lengthen); |very |imaginative

- |skipping; |throw |and |catch |ball; |larger |vocabulary

- |make |it |like |a |game; |use |imagination

- |more |vax |before |schooling/socialization; |rear |facing |car |seat



*school-agers*

- |age |range

- |characteristics

- |major |milestones

- |approach |for |physical |exam

- |health |promotion |issues |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |5-12 |years |old

- |growth |levels |off; |abstract |thinking

- |sports

- |head |is |less |invasive |than |genitals; |ask |before |touching

- |sports |safety; |mental |health; |cigarettes



*adolescents*

- |age |range

- |characteristics

,- |major |milestones

- |approach |for |physical |exam

- |health |promotion |issues |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |12-25

- |puberty

- |driving; |sexually |active

- |like |an |adult; |body |integrity/awareness

- |sleep; |bullying; |dating/violence; |mental |health



Describe |the |correct |methods |for |obtaining |anthropometric |measures |(height |or |length, |
weight, |circumferences) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-ruler/tape |measure

- |crown |to |heel

- |head |circumference

- |chest |circumference

- |abdominal |circumference



Describe |the |correct |methods |for |obtaining |physiological |measures |(vital |signs) |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-- |pediatric |sized |cuff

- |cuff |around |ankle; |auscultate |posterior |tibial |pulse



Describe |the |correct |methods |for |administering |oral |medication |in |the |pediatric |population. |- |
CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |ONLY |use |oral |syringes

- |NEVER |use |luer |lock/IV |syringes



For |each |stage |of |development, |outline |two |responses |to |hospitalization |and |two |nursing |
interventions |that |can |facilitate |coping |in |the |hospitalized |child. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
*responses*

- |separation |anxiety

- |loss |of |control |and |autonomy

, - |pain |and |discomfort



*interventions*

- |promote |freedom |of |movement

- |routine

- |therapeutic |play

- |school |work

- |friends |and |visitors



Describe |the |role |of |the |family |in |relationship |to |the |hospitalized |child. |Outline |at |least |2 |
nursing |interventions |that |facilitate |coping |for |family |members. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
*role*

- |emotional |support

- |logistical/practical |support

- |provide |information

- |caregiver



*interventions*

- |involve |family |when |possible



Identify |one |method |to |assess |health |literacy |and |one |individual |and |societal |ramification |for |
poor |health |literacy. |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-*assess*

- |"what |do |you |know |about |_______"

- |teach |back



*ramifications*

- |poor |adherence