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Principles of Pediatric Nursing Caring for Children
Chapter 1: Nurse’s Role in Care of the Child
1. Family-Centered Care Roles
Question: Which nursing role is not directly involved in providing a family-
centered approach to the pediatric population?
a) Advocacy
b) Case management
c) Patient education
d) Researcher
Correct Answer✅: Researcher
2. Pediatric Research Assent
Question: Based on federal guidelines, which pediatric clients must give assent for
participation in research trials? (Select all that apply)
a) Precocious 4-year-old in a cystic fibrosis study
b) 7-year-old with leukemia receiving a newly researched medication
c) 10-year-old in a study for precocious puberty
d) 13-year-old in an ADHD treatment study
Correct Answer✅: 7-year-old, 10-year-old, 13-year-old
3. Scope of Pediatric Nursing Practice
Question: Which task is not appropriate for a pediatric nurse?
a) Diagnose an 8-year-old with acute otitis media and prescribe an antibiotic
b) Listen to an adolescent’s concerns about missing school
c) Provide support-group information to a parent of a diabetic child
d) Diagnose a 6-year-old with diversional activity deficit
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Correct Answer✅: Diagnose and prescribe medication
4. Clinical Pathways
Question: Which tool best explains the timing of key events during recovery from
acute appendicitis?
a) Healthy People 2020
b) Clinical pathways
c) Child mortality statistics
d) National clinical practice guidelines
Correct Answer✅: Clinical pathways
5. Cultural Considerations in Care
Question: What is the most appropriate nursing goal when caring for a pediatric
client from a different cultural background?
a) Overlook differences
b) Facilitate the family’s ability to comply with care
c) Avoid imposing the nurse’s perspective
d) Encourage cultural practices as primary therapy
Correct Answer✅: Facilitate the family’s ability to comply with care
6. Neonatal Mortality Risk
Question: Which infant requires the most attentiveness due to increased mortality
risk?
a) 3-week-old preterm infant with gastroenteritis
b) 2-week-old term infant with URI
c) 4-week-old postterm infant with emesis
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Principles of Pediatric Nursing Caring for Children
Chapter 1: Nurse’s Role in Care of the Child
1. Family-Centered Care Roles
Question: Which nursing role is not directly involved in providing a family-
centered approach to the pediatric population?
a) Advocacy
b) Case management
c) Patient education
d) Researcher
Correct Answer✅: Researcher
2. Pediatric Research Assent
Question: Based on federal guidelines, which pediatric clients must give assent for
participation in research trials? (Select all that apply)
a) Precocious 4-year-old in a cystic fibrosis study
b) 7-year-old with leukemia receiving a newly researched medication
c) 10-year-old in a study for precocious puberty
d) 13-year-old in an ADHD treatment study
Correct Answer✅: 7-year-old, 10-year-old, 13-year-old
3. Scope of Pediatric Nursing Practice
Question: Which task is not appropriate for a pediatric nurse?
a) Diagnose an 8-year-old with acute otitis media and prescribe an antibiotic
b) Listen to an adolescent’s concerns about missing school
c) Provide support-group information to a parent of a diabetic child
d) Diagnose a 6-year-old with diversional activity deficit
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Correct Answer✅: Diagnose and prescribe medication
4. Clinical Pathways
Question: Which tool best explains the timing of key events during recovery from
acute appendicitis?
a) Healthy People 2020
b) Clinical pathways
c) Child mortality statistics
d) National clinical practice guidelines
Correct Answer✅: Clinical pathways
5. Cultural Considerations in Care
Question: What is the most appropriate nursing goal when caring for a pediatric
client from a different cultural background?
a) Overlook differences
b) Facilitate the family’s ability to comply with care
c) Avoid imposing the nurse’s perspective
d) Encourage cultural practices as primary therapy
Correct Answer✅: Facilitate the family’s ability to comply with care
6. Neonatal Mortality Risk
Question: Which infant requires the most attentiveness due to increased mortality
risk?
a) 3-week-old preterm infant with gastroenteritis
b) 2-week-old term infant with URI
c) 4-week-old postterm infant with emesis
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