CHAPTER45145Introduction45to45Child45Health45and45Pediatric45
Nursing45MULTIPLE45CHOICE
1. A45nurse45is45planning45a45teaching45session45for45parents45of45preschool45child
ren.45Which45statement45explains45why45the45nurse45should45include45information
45about45morbidity45and45mortality?
a. Life-span45statistics45are45included45in45the45data.
b. It45explains45effectiveness45of45treatment.
c. Cost-effective45treatment45is45detailed45for45the45general45population.
d. High-
risk45age45groups45for45certain45disorders45or45hazards45are45identified.
45ANS:45D
Analysis45of45morbidity45and45mortality45data45provides45the45parents45with45information
45about45which45groups45of45individuals45are45at45risk45for45which45health45problems.45Lif
e-
span45statistics45is45a45part45of45the45mortality45data.45Treatment45modalities45and45cost45
are45not45included45in45morbidity45and45mortality45data.
PTS:45145DIF:45Cognitive45Level:45Apply45REF:456
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84 5 TOP:45Integrated45Process:45Nursing45Process:45
Planning
MSC:45Area45of45Client45Needs:45Health45Promotion45and45Maintenance
2. A45clinic45nurse45is45planning45a45teaching45session45about45childhood45obesity45preve
ntion45for45parents45of45school-
age45children.45The45nurse45should45include45which45associated45risk45of45obesity45in45th
e45teaching45plan?
a. Type45I45diabetes
b. Respiratory45disease
c. Celiac45disease
d. Type45II45diabet
es45ANS:45D
Childhood45obesity45has45been45associated45with45the45rise45of45type45II45diabetes45in45chi
ldren.45Type45I45diabetes45is45not45associated45with45obesity45and45has45a45genetic45comp
onent.45Respiratory45disease45is45not45associated45with45obesity,45and45celiac45disease45is
45the45inability45to45metabolize45gluten45in45foods45and45is45not45associated45with45obesit
y.
PTS:45145DIF:45Cognitive45Level:45Apply45REF:453
TOP:45Integrated45Process:45Nursing45Process:45Planning
MSC:45Area45of45Client45Needs:45Health45Promotion45and45Maintenance
3. Which45is45the45leading45cause45of45death45in45infants45younger45than45145year?
a. Congenital45anomalies
b. Sudden45infant45death45syndrome
c. Respiratory45distress45syndrome
d. Bacterial45sepsis45of45the45newb
orn45ANS:45A
Congenital45anomalies45account45for4520.1%45of45deaths45in45infants45younger45than45145y
ear.45Sudden45infant45death45syndrome45accounts45for458.2%45of45deaths45in45this45age45g
roup.45Respiratory45distress45syndrome45accounts45for453.4%45of45deaths45in45this45age45g
,roup.45Infections45specific45to45the45perinatal45period45account45for452.7%45of45deaths45in
45this45age45group.
,PTS:45145DIF:45Cognitive45Level:45Remember45REF:4
574 5 TOP:45Integrated45Process:45Nursing45Process:45As
sessment
MSC:45Area45of45Client45Needs:45Health45Promotion45and45Maintenance
4. Which45leading45cause45of45death45topic45should45the45nurse45emphasize45to45a45grou
p45of45African-45American45boys45ranging45in45ages451545to451945years?
a. Suicide
b. Cancer
c. Firearm45homicide
d. Occupational45injurie
s45ANS:45C
Firearm45homicide45is45the45second45overall45cause45of45death45in45this45age45group45and4
5the45leading45cause45of45death45in45African-American45males.45Suicide45is45the45third-
leading45cause45of45death45in45this45population.45Cancer,45although45a45major45health45pr
oblem,45is45the45fourth-
leading45cause45of45death45in45this45age45group.45Occupational45injuries45do45not45contrib
ute45to45a45significant45death45rate45for45this45age45group.
PTS:45145DIF:45Cognitive45Level:45Understand45REF:4
5545|45845TOP:45Integrated45Process:45Nursing45Process
:45Planning
MSC:45Area45of45Client45Needs:45Health45Promotion45and45Maintenance
5. Which45is45the45major45cause45of45death45for45children45older45than45145year?
a. Cancer
b. Heart45disease
c. Unintentional45injuries
d. Congenital45anomalie
s45ANS:45C
Unintentional45injuries45(accidents)45are45the45leading45cause45of45death45after45age45145y
ear45through45adolescence.45Congenital45anomalies45are45the45leading45cause45of45death45
in45those45younger45than45145year.45Cancer45ranks45either45second45or45fourth,45dependin
g45on45the45age45group,45and45heart45disease45ranks45fifth45in45the45majority45of45the45age
45groups.
PTS:45145DIF:45Cognitive45Level:45Remember45RE
F:45845TOP:45Integrated45Process:45Nursing45Process
:45Planning
MSC:45Area45of45Client45Needs:45Health45Promotion45and45Maintenance
6. Which45is45the45leading45cause45of45death45from45unintentional45injuries45for45females
45ranging45in45age45from45145to4514?
a. Mechanical45suffocation
b. Drowning
c. Motorvehicle-related45fatalities
d. Fire-45and45burn-
related45fatalities45ANS:45C
Motorvehicle-
related45fatalities45are45the45leading45cause45of45death45for45females45ranging45in45age45fro
m45145to4514,45either45as45passengers45or45as45pedestrians.45Mechanical45suffocation45is45f
ourth45or45fifth,45depending45on45the45age.45Drowning45is45the45second-45or45third-
leading45cause45of45death,45depending45on45the45age.45Fire-45and45burn-
related45fatalities45are45the45second-leading45cause45of45death.
PTS:45145DIF:45Cognitive45Level:45Remember45REF:4
, 544 5 TOP:45Integrated45Process:45Nursing45Process:45As
sessment
MSC:45Area45of45Client45Needs:45Health45Promotion45and45Maintenance