MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING EXAM 2
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What are standards of care? Answer: the guideline used to
determine nursing actions/a model of established practice as
correct way to provide care that identify knowledge, skills, and
attitude, and judgement as needed (if not followed it can lead to
negligence)
◉ What are the standards of practice? Answer: defined by federal
and state laws and professional organizations (Ex. association of
women's health, obstetric, and neonatal nurses (AWHONN)
establishes the standards for maternity care and society of pediatric
nurses establishes the standards for children and their families)
◉ What are institutional policies? Answer: a policy and procedure
handbook made by you facility that may be paper or electronic,
outlines how care is to be provided, provides specific guidelines, and
is a method to prevent errors and promote safe patient care (nurses
are held accountable through hospital policies)
◉ What is evidence based practice? Answer: all interventions are
based on current valid research/evidence, nursing research is in
, practice at the bedside, and it uses scientific study to answer why
interventions should be changed when providing care
◉ What are the stages of childhood (grouped by developmental
stages)? Answer: Premature infants, Newborn infants (first 28-30
days of life), Early infancy (30 days to 6 months of life), Older infancy
(6 months to 1 year of life), Toddler(1-3 years), Preschool (3-5
years), Early school-age(6-10 years), Late school-age(10-12 years),
and Adolescent (13-18 years)
◉ What stage of childhood is the first 28-30 days of life? Answer:
newborn infants
◉ What stage of childhood is 30 days to 6 months of life? Answer:
early infancy
◉ What stage of childhood is 6 months to 1 year of life? Answer:
older infancy
◉ What stage of life is 1-3 years? Answer: toddler
◉ What stage of life is 3-5 years? Answer: preschooler
◉ What stage of childhood is 6-10 years? Answer: early school-age
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What are standards of care? Answer: the guideline used to
determine nursing actions/a model of established practice as
correct way to provide care that identify knowledge, skills, and
attitude, and judgement as needed (if not followed it can lead to
negligence)
◉ What are the standards of practice? Answer: defined by federal
and state laws and professional organizations (Ex. association of
women's health, obstetric, and neonatal nurses (AWHONN)
establishes the standards for maternity care and society of pediatric
nurses establishes the standards for children and their families)
◉ What are institutional policies? Answer: a policy and procedure
handbook made by you facility that may be paper or electronic,
outlines how care is to be provided, provides specific guidelines, and
is a method to prevent errors and promote safe patient care (nurses
are held accountable through hospital policies)
◉ What is evidence based practice? Answer: all interventions are
based on current valid research/evidence, nursing research is in
, practice at the bedside, and it uses scientific study to answer why
interventions should be changed when providing care
◉ What are the stages of childhood (grouped by developmental
stages)? Answer: Premature infants, Newborn infants (first 28-30
days of life), Early infancy (30 days to 6 months of life), Older infancy
(6 months to 1 year of life), Toddler(1-3 years), Preschool (3-5
years), Early school-age(6-10 years), Late school-age(10-12 years),
and Adolescent (13-18 years)
◉ What stage of childhood is the first 28-30 days of life? Answer:
newborn infants
◉ What stage of childhood is 30 days to 6 months of life? Answer:
early infancy
◉ What stage of childhood is 6 months to 1 year of life? Answer:
older infancy
◉ What stage of life is 1-3 years? Answer: toddler
◉ What stage of life is 3-5 years? Answer: preschooler
◉ What stage of childhood is 6-10 years? Answer: early school-age
