NSG 6435 FINAL EXAM 2025-2026
FALL/SPRING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
The nurse is having difficulty communicating with a hospitalized 6-year-old child.
What technique might be most helpful?
Ask the child to draw a picture.
The nurse is taking a health history on an adolescent. What best describes how the
chief complaint should be determined?
Ask adolescent, "Why did you come here today?"
Where in the health history should the nurse describe all details related to the chief
complaint?
Present illness
The nurse is interviewing the mother of an infant. She reports, "I had a difficult
delivery, and my baby was born prematurely." This information should be recorded
under which heading?
Birth history
,When interviewing the mother of a 3-year-old child, the nurse asks about
developmental milestones such as the age of walking without assistance. This
should be considered because these milestones are:
An important part of the child's past growth and development
The nurse is taking a sexual history on an adolescent girl. The best way to
determine whether she is sexually active is to:
Ask her, "Are you having sex with anyone?"
When doing a nutritional assessment on an Hispanic family, the nurse learns that
their diet consists mainly of vegetables, legumes, and starches. The nurse should
recognize that this diet:
May provide sufficient amino acids.
Which parameter correlates best with measurements of the body's total protein
stores?
Upper arm circumference
An appropriate approach to performing a physical assessment on a toddler is to:
Use minimal physical contact initially.
,With the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) criteria, which body mass
index (BMI)-for-age percentile indicates a risk for being overweight?
85th percentile
The nurse is seeing an adolescent boy and his parents in the clinic for the first time.
What should the nurse do first?
introduce self
What action is most likely to encourage parents to talk about their feelings related
to their child's illness?
Use open-ended questions.
What is the single most important factor to consider when communicating with
children?
The child's developmental level
, What is an important consideration for the nurse who is communicating with a
very young child?
Use transition objects such as a doll.
When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid, the
nurse's approach should be based on which principle?
The child may think the equipment is alive.
Which age group is most concerned with body integrity?
School-age child
An 8-year-old girl asks the nurse how the blood pressure apparatus works. The
most appropriate nursing action is to:
Explain in simple terms how it works.
When the nurse interviews an adolescent, it is especially important to:
Allow an opportunity to express feelings.
FALL/SPRING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
The nurse is having difficulty communicating with a hospitalized 6-year-old child.
What technique might be most helpful?
Ask the child to draw a picture.
The nurse is taking a health history on an adolescent. What best describes how the
chief complaint should be determined?
Ask adolescent, "Why did you come here today?"
Where in the health history should the nurse describe all details related to the chief
complaint?
Present illness
The nurse is interviewing the mother of an infant. She reports, "I had a difficult
delivery, and my baby was born prematurely." This information should be recorded
under which heading?
Birth history
,When interviewing the mother of a 3-year-old child, the nurse asks about
developmental milestones such as the age of walking without assistance. This
should be considered because these milestones are:
An important part of the child's past growth and development
The nurse is taking a sexual history on an adolescent girl. The best way to
determine whether she is sexually active is to:
Ask her, "Are you having sex with anyone?"
When doing a nutritional assessment on an Hispanic family, the nurse learns that
their diet consists mainly of vegetables, legumes, and starches. The nurse should
recognize that this diet:
May provide sufficient amino acids.
Which parameter correlates best with measurements of the body's total protein
stores?
Upper arm circumference
An appropriate approach to performing a physical assessment on a toddler is to:
Use minimal physical contact initially.
,With the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) criteria, which body mass
index (BMI)-for-age percentile indicates a risk for being overweight?
85th percentile
The nurse is seeing an adolescent boy and his parents in the clinic for the first time.
What should the nurse do first?
introduce self
What action is most likely to encourage parents to talk about their feelings related
to their child's illness?
Use open-ended questions.
What is the single most important factor to consider when communicating with
children?
The child's developmental level
, What is an important consideration for the nurse who is communicating with a
very young child?
Use transition objects such as a doll.
When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid, the
nurse's approach should be based on which principle?
The child may think the equipment is alive.
Which age group is most concerned with body integrity?
School-age child
An 8-year-old girl asks the nurse how the blood pressure apparatus works. The
most appropriate nursing action is to:
Explain in simple terms how it works.
When the nurse interviews an adolescent, it is especially important to:
Allow an opportunity to express feelings.
