Exam 1: NSG 451| Questions and verified
Answers | 100out of 100 |Latest 2026/ 2027
Update (Grade A)
Historical perspectives of children?
-children were expendable; property, a means of income
-originated concept of family-centered care; parental involvement, support of families
How were children historically treated as?
-historically treated as small adults
-they aren't small adults
Why was there a high child mortality rate in the 1800s?
-long workdays, poverty, infectious disease, unsanitary conditions
Who initiated what in the 1900s?
-lilllian wald initiated public health nursing, educating mothers, hygiene
Health is a state of complete what?
-health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease
x
x
x
, Exam 1: NSG 451| Questions and verified
Answers | 100out of 100 |Latest 2026/ 2027
Update (Grade A)
What is the major goal of pediatric nursing?
-to improve the quality of healthcare for children and their families
What are the goals of healthy people 2020?
-increase quality and length of human life
-eliminate health disparities
What are health indicators from healthy people 2020?
-physical activity
-overweight and obesity
-tobacco use (vaping)
-substance abuse
-sexual behavior
-mental health
-injury and violence
-environmental quality
-immunizations
-access to health care
What are the causes of infant mortality?
-primary cause: low birth weight < 2500 g, higher mortality rate
x
x
x
, Exam 1: NSG 451| Questions and verified
Answers | 100out of 100 |Latest 2026/ 2027
Update (Grade A)
-congenital anomalies: cardiac defects
-sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): back to sleep program
-unintentional injury: suffocation is the leading cause of death from injury for infants;
cosleeping, blankets in crib
What are risk factors for infant mortality?
-african-american race
-male gender
-short or long gestation
-maternal age (younger or older)
-maternal education
-males are at a disadvantage
What is the leading cause of death in children older than 1 year?
-unintentional injuries
-next MVA: unrestrained leading cause of accidental death
-followed by drownings, burns, firearms and poisonings
Definition of childhood morbidity?
-may denote acute illness, chronic disease, or disability
-difficult to define and measure
x
x
x
, Exam 1: NSG 451| Questions and verified
Answers | 100out of 100 |Latest 2026/ 2027
Update (Grade A)
-groups with increased morbidity: children who are homeless, poor, or chronically ill;
foreignborn adopted children; and children in daycare
What percentage of children live in poverty?
-17% of children live in families with incomes below the poverty level
Children who live in poverty have poorer what?
-have poorer health when compared to children from higher income families
Between 1970 and 2006 what proportion increased?
-the proportion of children living with a never-married parent increased from 7% to 42%
Children of single mothers are how many times more likely to be poor? -5
times more likely
What does family centered care mean?
-family is whatever a person considers it to be
-traditional versus non-traditional families
-recognizes the family as the constant in a child's life
x
x
x
Answers | 100out of 100 |Latest 2026/ 2027
Update (Grade A)
Historical perspectives of children?
-children were expendable; property, a means of income
-originated concept of family-centered care; parental involvement, support of families
How were children historically treated as?
-historically treated as small adults
-they aren't small adults
Why was there a high child mortality rate in the 1800s?
-long workdays, poverty, infectious disease, unsanitary conditions
Who initiated what in the 1900s?
-lilllian wald initiated public health nursing, educating mothers, hygiene
Health is a state of complete what?
-health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease
x
x
x
, Exam 1: NSG 451| Questions and verified
Answers | 100out of 100 |Latest 2026/ 2027
Update (Grade A)
What is the major goal of pediatric nursing?
-to improve the quality of healthcare for children and their families
What are the goals of healthy people 2020?
-increase quality and length of human life
-eliminate health disparities
What are health indicators from healthy people 2020?
-physical activity
-overweight and obesity
-tobacco use (vaping)
-substance abuse
-sexual behavior
-mental health
-injury and violence
-environmental quality
-immunizations
-access to health care
What are the causes of infant mortality?
-primary cause: low birth weight < 2500 g, higher mortality rate
x
x
x
, Exam 1: NSG 451| Questions and verified
Answers | 100out of 100 |Latest 2026/ 2027
Update (Grade A)
-congenital anomalies: cardiac defects
-sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): back to sleep program
-unintentional injury: suffocation is the leading cause of death from injury for infants;
cosleeping, blankets in crib
What are risk factors for infant mortality?
-african-american race
-male gender
-short or long gestation
-maternal age (younger or older)
-maternal education
-males are at a disadvantage
What is the leading cause of death in children older than 1 year?
-unintentional injuries
-next MVA: unrestrained leading cause of accidental death
-followed by drownings, burns, firearms and poisonings
Definition of childhood morbidity?
-may denote acute illness, chronic disease, or disability
-difficult to define and measure
x
x
x
, Exam 1: NSG 451| Questions and verified
Answers | 100out of 100 |Latest 2026/ 2027
Update (Grade A)
-groups with increased morbidity: children who are homeless, poor, or chronically ill;
foreignborn adopted children; and children in daycare
What percentage of children live in poverty?
-17% of children live in families with incomes below the poverty level
Children who live in poverty have poorer what?
-have poorer health when compared to children from higher income families
Between 1970 and 2006 what proportion increased?
-the proportion of children living with a never-married parent increased from 7% to 42%
Children of single mothers are how many times more likely to be poor? -5
times more likely
What does family centered care mean?
-family is whatever a person considers it to be
-traditional versus non-traditional families
-recognizes the family as the constant in a child's life
x
x
x
