NURSING CARE OF INFANTS AND
CHILDREN COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
SHEET VERIFIED QUESTION BANK
●● What is the core focus of pediatric nursing?
Answer: Health promotion, disease prevention, advocacy, and optimal
growth/development
●● In pediatric NCLEX questions, which options often indicate the
correct answer?
Answer: Family participation or anticipatory guidance
●● What is the key principle of family-centered care?
Answer: The family is the constant in a child's life and must be
supported
●● What are the core principles of family-centered care?
Answer: Respect family strengths, share unbiased information,
encourage collaboration and flexibility
●● What is the difference between enabling and empowerment?
Answer: Enabling = helping families develop skills; Empowerment =
helping them gain confidence and control
,●● What is the goal of atraumatic care?
Answer: "Do no harm" by minimizing physical and emotional distress
●● What are the 3 main principles of atraumatic care?
Answer: Prevent separation, promote sense of control, prevent/minimize
pain and injury
●● What are examples of atraumatic care interventions?
Answer: Allow parental presence, use child-friendly language, offer
comfort items, use play therapy
●● What are the main frameworks for pediatric health promotion?
Answer: Healthy People 2030 and Bright Futures
●● What is the focus of Bright Futures?
Answer: Family support, mental health, nutrition, and injury prevention
●● What is anticipatory guidance?
Answer: Preparing parents for the next developmental stage
●● How much screen time is recommended for children under 18
months?
,Answer: None, except for video-chatting
●● How much screen time is appropriate for children under 5 years?
Answer: Limited and co-viewed
●● When should an infant's first dental visit occur?
Answer: By 1 year of age
●● When should parents begin oral hygiene for infants?
Answer: At the eruption of the first tooth
●● Why should bottles not be given at bedtime?
Answer: It increases risk of aspiration and dental decay
●● What are the roles of the pediatric nurse?
Answer: Advocate, educator, collaborator, researcher, care coordinator
●● What are the six steps of the clinical judgment model?
Answer: Recognize cues, analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, generate
solutions, take action, evaluate outcomes
●● What is the most common cause of death in children over 1 year old?
, Answer: Injuries
●● What nursing focus helps prevent obesity and Type 2 diabetes in
children?
Answer: Teach healthy habits early
●● What is the family systems theory?
Answer: A change in one family member affects all members
●● What is the family stress theory?
Answer: Stress is inevitable; the ability to cope determines the outcome
●● What is Duvall's family developmental theory?
Answer: Families progress through predictable stages with
developmental tasks
●● What are Duvall's eight stages of family development?
Answer: Marriage, Infant, Preschool, School-age, Teen, Launching,
Middle-age, Aging
●● What is the NCLEX priority for pediatric care involving families?
Answer: Include parents in decision-making and care whenever possible
CHILDREN COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
SHEET VERIFIED QUESTION BANK
●● What is the core focus of pediatric nursing?
Answer: Health promotion, disease prevention, advocacy, and optimal
growth/development
●● In pediatric NCLEX questions, which options often indicate the
correct answer?
Answer: Family participation or anticipatory guidance
●● What is the key principle of family-centered care?
Answer: The family is the constant in a child's life and must be
supported
●● What are the core principles of family-centered care?
Answer: Respect family strengths, share unbiased information,
encourage collaboration and flexibility
●● What is the difference between enabling and empowerment?
Answer: Enabling = helping families develop skills; Empowerment =
helping them gain confidence and control
,●● What is the goal of atraumatic care?
Answer: "Do no harm" by minimizing physical and emotional distress
●● What are the 3 main principles of atraumatic care?
Answer: Prevent separation, promote sense of control, prevent/minimize
pain and injury
●● What are examples of atraumatic care interventions?
Answer: Allow parental presence, use child-friendly language, offer
comfort items, use play therapy
●● What are the main frameworks for pediatric health promotion?
Answer: Healthy People 2030 and Bright Futures
●● What is the focus of Bright Futures?
Answer: Family support, mental health, nutrition, and injury prevention
●● What is anticipatory guidance?
Answer: Preparing parents for the next developmental stage
●● How much screen time is recommended for children under 18
months?
,Answer: None, except for video-chatting
●● How much screen time is appropriate for children under 5 years?
Answer: Limited and co-viewed
●● When should an infant's first dental visit occur?
Answer: By 1 year of age
●● When should parents begin oral hygiene for infants?
Answer: At the eruption of the first tooth
●● Why should bottles not be given at bedtime?
Answer: It increases risk of aspiration and dental decay
●● What are the roles of the pediatric nurse?
Answer: Advocate, educator, collaborator, researcher, care coordinator
●● What are the six steps of the clinical judgment model?
Answer: Recognize cues, analyze cues, prioritize hypotheses, generate
solutions, take action, evaluate outcomes
●● What is the most common cause of death in children over 1 year old?
, Answer: Injuries
●● What nursing focus helps prevent obesity and Type 2 diabetes in
children?
Answer: Teach healthy habits early
●● What is the family systems theory?
Answer: A change in one family member affects all members
●● What is the family stress theory?
Answer: Stress is inevitable; the ability to cope determines the outcome
●● What is Duvall's family developmental theory?
Answer: Families progress through predictable stages with
developmental tasks
●● What are Duvall's eight stages of family development?
Answer: Marriage, Infant, Preschool, School-age, Teen, Launching,
Middle-age, Aging
●● What is the NCLEX priority for pediatric care involving families?
Answer: Include parents in decision-making and care whenever possible
