NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN 2 EXAM
SCRIPT PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
●● the majority of care provided to this age group is?
Answer: education and monitoring of children's growth, development,
and health status
●● A child's overall health is influenced by:
Answer: family, community, and culture
●● Infant Mortality
Answer: Number of deaths per 1000 live births during first year of life
●● the leading cause of death in all pediatric age groups except the
neonatal period.
Answer: Unintentional injury
●● Neonatal period
Answer: <28 days of life
●● Postnatal period
,Answer: 28 days to 1 year
●● Major determinant of neonatal death in the U.S.
Answer: Birth Weight
●● LBW
Answer: <2500 g
●● leading cause of death in age >1 year
Answer: Injuries
●● May denote acute illness, chronic disease, or disability but can also
include social, behavioral, educational problems that may alter health
Answer: Childhood Morbidity
●● #1 cause of hospitalization in children
Answer: Respiratory diseases
●● what are roles of the family?
Answer: -caring, nurturing, and educating children
-maintaining the continuity of society by transmitting its knowledge,
customs, values, and beliefs to children
-receiving and giving love
,-preparing children to become productive members of society
-meeting the needs of its members
-serving as a buffer between its members and environmental/societal
demands while addressing the interests and needs of individual family
members
●● Minors may give informed consent when:
Answer: 1. They are minor parents of child patient
2. Emancipated minors
3. 16-18 yr olds seeking birth control, prenatal care, mental health care,
STD treatment, substance abuse treatment
*One parent must be biological parent, unless they have legally adopted
the child or the guardian has been appointed by the court—UNLESS the
care is life-saving, then the step-parent can step in under a court decision
●● Parents have authority to make health care decisions for their
children except:
Answer: 1. When child & parents do not agree on major treatment
options
2. When parents' choice of treatment does not permit lifesaving
treatment for child
3. When there is a potential conflict of interest between parent and child
, ●● quantitative increase in physical size, vital signs, and vocabulary
Answer: Growth
●● cephalocaudal
Answer: from top down
●● proximodistal
Answer: from center outward
●● qualitative increase in capability or function
Answer: Development
●● child gains control of the head and neck before the trunk and limbs
Answer: normal cephalocaudal growth
●● the child controls arm movements before hand movements
Answer: normal proximodistal growth
●● Infants gain _____ pounds per month until 5 months, when the
weight ?
Answer: 1.5; weight doubles at 5 monhts
SCRIPT PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
●● the majority of care provided to this age group is?
Answer: education and monitoring of children's growth, development,
and health status
●● A child's overall health is influenced by:
Answer: family, community, and culture
●● Infant Mortality
Answer: Number of deaths per 1000 live births during first year of life
●● the leading cause of death in all pediatric age groups except the
neonatal period.
Answer: Unintentional injury
●● Neonatal period
Answer: <28 days of life
●● Postnatal period
,Answer: 28 days to 1 year
●● Major determinant of neonatal death in the U.S.
Answer: Birth Weight
●● LBW
Answer: <2500 g
●● leading cause of death in age >1 year
Answer: Injuries
●● May denote acute illness, chronic disease, or disability but can also
include social, behavioral, educational problems that may alter health
Answer: Childhood Morbidity
●● #1 cause of hospitalization in children
Answer: Respiratory diseases
●● what are roles of the family?
Answer: -caring, nurturing, and educating children
-maintaining the continuity of society by transmitting its knowledge,
customs, values, and beliefs to children
-receiving and giving love
,-preparing children to become productive members of society
-meeting the needs of its members
-serving as a buffer between its members and environmental/societal
demands while addressing the interests and needs of individual family
members
●● Minors may give informed consent when:
Answer: 1. They are minor parents of child patient
2. Emancipated minors
3. 16-18 yr olds seeking birth control, prenatal care, mental health care,
STD treatment, substance abuse treatment
*One parent must be biological parent, unless they have legally adopted
the child or the guardian has been appointed by the court—UNLESS the
care is life-saving, then the step-parent can step in under a court decision
●● Parents have authority to make health care decisions for their
children except:
Answer: 1. When child & parents do not agree on major treatment
options
2. When parents' choice of treatment does not permit lifesaving
treatment for child
3. When there is a potential conflict of interest between parent and child
, ●● quantitative increase in physical size, vital signs, and vocabulary
Answer: Growth
●● cephalocaudal
Answer: from top down
●● proximodistal
Answer: from center outward
●● qualitative increase in capability or function
Answer: Development
●● child gains control of the head and neck before the trunk and limbs
Answer: normal cephalocaudal growth
●● the child controls arm movements before hand movements
Answer: normal proximodistal growth
●● Infants gain _____ pounds per month until 5 months, when the
weight ?
Answer: 1.5; weight doubles at 5 monhts
