TEST BANK MANUAL FOR
WONG’S ESSENTIALS OF
PEDIATRIC NURSING 11TH
EDITION BY MARILYN J.
HOCKENBERRY Questions
and Answers 2026 Top Rated
, Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing 11th Edition Hockenberry Rodgers
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Chapter 1. Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is describing clinical reasoning to a group of nursing students. Which is most
descriptive of clinical reasoning?
a. Purposeful and goal directed
b. A simple developmental process
c. Based on deliberate and irrational thought
d. Assists individuals in guessing what is most appropriate
ANS: A
Clinical reasoning is a complex developmental process based on rational and deliberate thought.
When thinking is clear, precise, accurate, relevant, consistent, and fair, a logical connection
develops between the elements of thought and the problem at hand.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: dl. 12
TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. Evidence-based practice (EBP), a decision-making model, is best described as which?
a. Using information in textbooks to guide care
b. Combining knowledge with clinical experience and intuition
c. Using a professional code of ethics as a means for decision making
d. Gathering all evidence that applies to the childs health and family situation
ANS: B
EBP helps focus on measurable outcomes; the use of demonstrated, effective interventions; and
questioning what is the best approach. EBP involves decision making based on data, not all
evidence on a particular situation, and involves the latest available data. Nurses can use
textbooks to determine areas of concern and potential involvement.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: dl. 11 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. Which best describes signs and symptoms as part of a nursing diagnosis?
a. Description of potential risk factors
b. Identification of actual health problems
c. Human response to state of illness or health
d. Cues and clusters derived from patient assessment
ANS: D
Signs and symptoms are the cues and clusters of defining characteristics that are derived from a
patient assessment and indicate actual health problems. The first part of the nursing diagnosis is
the problem statement, also known as the human response to the state of illness or health. The
identification of actual health problems may be part of the medical diagnosis. The nursing
diagnosis is based on the human response to these problems. The human response is therefore a
component of the nursing diagnostic statement. Potential risk factors are used to identify nursing
,care needs to avoid the development of an actual health problem when a potential one exists.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: dl. 13
TOP: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. The nurse is talking to a group of parents of school-age children at an after-school program
about childhood health problems. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. Childhood obesity is the most common nutritional problem among children.
b. Immunization rates are the same among children of different races and ethnicity.
Dental caries is not a problem commonly seen in children since the introduction of fluoridated
c.
d.
ANS: A
water.
Mental health problems are typically not seen in school-age children but may be diagnosed in adolescents.
When teaching parents of school-age children about childhood health problems, the nurse should
include information about childhood obesity because it is the most common problem among
children and is associated with type 2 diabetes. Teaching parents about ways to prevent obesity is
important to include. Immunization rates differ depending on the childs race and ethnicity; dental
caries continues to be a common chronic disease in childhood; and mental health problems are
seen in children as young as school age, not just in adolescents.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: dl. 3
TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. The nurse is planning care for a hospitalized preschool-aged child. Which should the nurse
plan to ensure atraumatic care?
a. Limit explanation of procedures because the child is preschool aged.
b. Ask that all family members leave the room when performing procedures.
c. Allow the child to choose the type of juice to drink with the administration of oral medications.
Explain that EMLA cream cannot be used for the morning lab draw because there is not time for
d. it to be effective.
ANS: C
The overriding goal in providing atraumatic care is first, do no harm. Allowing the child a choice
of juice to drink when taking oral medications provides the child with a sense of control. The
preschool child should be prepared before procedures, so limiting explanations of procedures
would increase anxiety. The family should be allowed to stay with the child during procedures,
minimizing stress. Lidocaine/prilocaine (EMLA) cream is a topical local anesthetic. The nurse
should plan to use the prescribed cream in time for morning laboratory draws to minimize pain.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: pp. 8-9 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. Which situation denotes a nontherapeutic nursepatientfamily relationship?
a. The nurse is planning to read a favorite fairy tale to a patient.
b. During shift report, the nurse is criticizing parents for not visiting their child.
c. The nurse is discussing with a fellow nurse the emotional draw to a certain patient.
The nurse is working with a family to find ways to decrease the familys dependence on health
, d.
ANS: B
care providers.
Criticizing parents for not visiting in shift report is nontherapeutic and shows an
underinvolvement with the parents. Reading a fairy tale is a therapeutic and age appropriate
action. Discussing feelings of an emotional draw with a fellow nurse is therapeutic and shows a
willingness to understand feelings. Working with parents to decrease dependence on health care
providers is therapeutic and helps to empower the family.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing REF: dl. 9 TOP: Integrated Process: Caring
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
7. The nurse is aware that which age group is at risk for childhood injury because of the
cognitive characteristic of magical and egocentric thinking?
a. Preschool
b. Young school age
c. Middle school age
d. Adolescent
ANS: A
Preschool children have the cognitive characteristic of magical and egocentric thinking, meaning
they are unable to comprehend danger to self or others. Young and middle school-aged children
have transitional cognitive processes, and they may attempt dangerous acts without detailed
planning but recognize danger to themselves or others. Adolescents have formal operational
cognitive processes and are preoccupied with abstract thinking.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: dl. 4
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
8. The school nurse is assessing children for risk factors related to childhood injuries. Which
child has the most risk factors related to childhood injury?
a. Female, multiple siblings, stable home life
b. Male, high activity level, stressful home life
c. Male, even tempered, history of previous injuries
d. Female, reacts negatively to new situations, no serious previous injuries
ANS: B
Boys have a preponderance for injuries over girls because of a difference in behavioral
characteristics, a high activity temperament is associated with risk-taking behaviors, and stress
predisposes children to increased risk taking and self-destructive behaviors. Therefore, a male
child with a high activity level and living in a stressful environment has the highest number of
risk factors. A girl with several siblings and a stable home life is low risk. A boy with previous
injuries has two risk factors, but an even temper is not a risk factor for injuries. A girl who reacts
negatively to new situations but has no previous serious illnesses has only one risk factor.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing REF: dl. 4
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
9. The school nurse is evaluating the number of school-age children classified as obese. The
nurse recognizes that the percentile of body mass index that classifies a child as obese is greater
than which?
a. 50th percentile
WONG’S ESSENTIALS OF
PEDIATRIC NURSING 11TH
EDITION BY MARILYN J.
HOCKENBERRY Questions
and Answers 2026 Top Rated
, Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing 11th Edition Hockenberry Rodgers
Wilson Test Bank
Chapter 1. Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is describing clinical reasoning to a group of nursing students. Which is most
descriptive of clinical reasoning?
a. Purposeful and goal directed
b. A simple developmental process
c. Based on deliberate and irrational thought
d. Assists individuals in guessing what is most appropriate
ANS: A
Clinical reasoning is a complex developmental process based on rational and deliberate thought.
When thinking is clear, precise, accurate, relevant, consistent, and fair, a logical connection
develops between the elements of thought and the problem at hand.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: dl. 12
TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. Evidence-based practice (EBP), a decision-making model, is best described as which?
a. Using information in textbooks to guide care
b. Combining knowledge with clinical experience and intuition
c. Using a professional code of ethics as a means for decision making
d. Gathering all evidence that applies to the childs health and family situation
ANS: B
EBP helps focus on measurable outcomes; the use of demonstrated, effective interventions; and
questioning what is the best approach. EBP involves decision making based on data, not all
evidence on a particular situation, and involves the latest available data. Nurses can use
textbooks to determine areas of concern and potential involvement.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: dl. 11 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
3. Which best describes signs and symptoms as part of a nursing diagnosis?
a. Description of potential risk factors
b. Identification of actual health problems
c. Human response to state of illness or health
d. Cues and clusters derived from patient assessment
ANS: D
Signs and symptoms are the cues and clusters of defining characteristics that are derived from a
patient assessment and indicate actual health problems. The first part of the nursing diagnosis is
the problem statement, also known as the human response to the state of illness or health. The
identification of actual health problems may be part of the medical diagnosis. The nursing
diagnosis is based on the human response to these problems. The human response is therefore a
component of the nursing diagnostic statement. Potential risk factors are used to identify nursing
,care needs to avoid the development of an actual health problem when a potential one exists.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: dl. 13
TOP: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. The nurse is talking to a group of parents of school-age children at an after-school program
about childhood health problems. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. Childhood obesity is the most common nutritional problem among children.
b. Immunization rates are the same among children of different races and ethnicity.
Dental caries is not a problem commonly seen in children since the introduction of fluoridated
c.
d.
ANS: A
water.
Mental health problems are typically not seen in school-age children but may be diagnosed in adolescents.
When teaching parents of school-age children about childhood health problems, the nurse should
include information about childhood obesity because it is the most common problem among
children and is associated with type 2 diabetes. Teaching parents about ways to prevent obesity is
important to include. Immunization rates differ depending on the childs race and ethnicity; dental
caries continues to be a common chronic disease in childhood; and mental health problems are
seen in children as young as school age, not just in adolescents.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: dl. 3
TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. The nurse is planning care for a hospitalized preschool-aged child. Which should the nurse
plan to ensure atraumatic care?
a. Limit explanation of procedures because the child is preschool aged.
b. Ask that all family members leave the room when performing procedures.
c. Allow the child to choose the type of juice to drink with the administration of oral medications.
Explain that EMLA cream cannot be used for the morning lab draw because there is not time for
d. it to be effective.
ANS: C
The overriding goal in providing atraumatic care is first, do no harm. Allowing the child a choice
of juice to drink when taking oral medications provides the child with a sense of control. The
preschool child should be prepared before procedures, so limiting explanations of procedures
would increase anxiety. The family should be allowed to stay with the child during procedures,
minimizing stress. Lidocaine/prilocaine (EMLA) cream is a topical local anesthetic. The nurse
should plan to use the prescribed cream in time for morning laboratory draws to minimize pain.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying REF: pp. 8-9 TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. Which situation denotes a nontherapeutic nursepatientfamily relationship?
a. The nurse is planning to read a favorite fairy tale to a patient.
b. During shift report, the nurse is criticizing parents for not visiting their child.
c. The nurse is discussing with a fellow nurse the emotional draw to a certain patient.
The nurse is working with a family to find ways to decrease the familys dependence on health
, d.
ANS: B
care providers.
Criticizing parents for not visiting in shift report is nontherapeutic and shows an
underinvolvement with the parents. Reading a fairy tale is a therapeutic and age appropriate
action. Discussing feelings of an emotional draw with a fellow nurse is therapeutic and shows a
willingness to understand feelings. Working with parents to decrease dependence on health care
providers is therapeutic and helps to empower the family.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing REF: dl. 9 TOP: Integrated Process: Caring
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
7. The nurse is aware that which age group is at risk for childhood injury because of the
cognitive characteristic of magical and egocentric thinking?
a. Preschool
b. Young school age
c. Middle school age
d. Adolescent
ANS: A
Preschool children have the cognitive characteristic of magical and egocentric thinking, meaning
they are unable to comprehend danger to self or others. Young and middle school-aged children
have transitional cognitive processes, and they may attempt dangerous acts without detailed
planning but recognize danger to themselves or others. Adolescents have formal operational
cognitive processes and are preoccupied with abstract thinking.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understanding REF: dl. 4
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
8. The school nurse is assessing children for risk factors related to childhood injuries. Which
child has the most risk factors related to childhood injury?
a. Female, multiple siblings, stable home life
b. Male, high activity level, stressful home life
c. Male, even tempered, history of previous injuries
d. Female, reacts negatively to new situations, no serious previous injuries
ANS: B
Boys have a preponderance for injuries over girls because of a difference in behavioral
characteristics, a high activity temperament is associated with risk-taking behaviors, and stress
predisposes children to increased risk taking and self-destructive behaviors. Therefore, a male
child with a high activity level and living in a stressful environment has the highest number of
risk factors. A girl with several siblings and a stable home life is low risk. A boy with previous
injuries has two risk factors, but an even temper is not a risk factor for injuries. A girl who reacts
negatively to new situations but has no previous serious illnesses has only one risk factor.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyzing REF: dl. 4
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
9. The school nurse is evaluating the number of school-age children classified as obese. The
nurse recognizes that the percentile of body mass index that classifies a child as obese is greater
than which?
a. 50th percentile
