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Maternal Final exam100%
Maternal-Child Nursing (Rasmussen
University)
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While caring for a child with bacterial pneumonia, the nurse examines the child’s respiratory
system. What is an expected assessment finding for bacterial pneumonia?
a. Respiratory rate of 20 heard on auscultation
b. Diminished breath sounds and crackles
c. Longer inspiratory than expiratory rate noticed by inspection
d. Absent lung sounds in the right lower lobe
2. The nurse is participating in a preschool health screening program. What are appropriate
secondary health promotion activities? (Select all that apply).
a. Conduct vision tests
b. Conduct hearing tests
c. Listen to heart sounds
d. Measure gait and balance
e. Review immunizations received
3. A 6-month-old infant is admitted to the hospital because of a fever. When you obtain a health
history, what data would the nurse obtain first?
a. Details about the fever
b. Family profile
c. History of past illnesses
d. Review of systems
4. What education should a nurse provide to a parent to help their child complete Erikson’s
developmental task during the infant period?
a. Respond to the child’s needs consistently
b. Keep the child stimulated with many toys
c. Talk to the child at a special time each da.
d. y
e. Expose the child to many caregivers to help learn variability
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5. The pediatric nurse is familiar with Kuchler-Ross’s stages of grief. Parents who are feeling
confused and refusing to discuss the disease with any provider are in which stage of grief?
a. Denial
b. Grief
c. Bargaining
d. Acceptance
6. Management of primary dysmenorrhea often requires a multifaceted approach. The nurse
who provides care for a client with this condition should be that the optimal pharmacological
therapy for pain relief is.
a. Non-steroidal inflammatory drugs
b. Oral contraceptives
c. Aspirin
d. Acetaminophen
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7. A nurse is reviewing discharge instructions with the family of a child diagnosed with a urinary
tract infection. Which instruction should the nurse include with discharge teaching regarding
medications?
a. Complete the entire course of antibiotics ordered by the provider.
b. The child may choose to take the antibiotics or stop once he or she feels better.
c. As long as the fever does not return, the antibiotics have worked, and the parent may
stop giving them to the child.
d. Save the remainder, if there is any left, in case the child has another infection and could
use the rest of the prescription.
8. Which technique should the nurse use to administer eardrops to a 4-year-old child?
a. Press the pinna of the ear forward
b. Pull the pinna of the ear downward
c. Pull the pinna of the ear up and back
d. Lift the pinna of the ear down and back
9. A nurse performs an admission assessment on a child and suspect’s physical abuse. Based
on the suspicion, the primary legal nursing responsibility is to do which of the following?
a. Refer the family to the appropriate support groups
b. Assist the family in identifying resources and support systems
c. Report the case in which the abuse is suspected to the local authorities and your
supervisor or charge nurse
d. Coordinate information with the primary physician so he may report the findings
10. Which statement by the nurse is most likely to gain the cooperation of a young child?
a. Do you want to take your medicine now?
b. It is time for you to drink your medicine now
c. If you take this medicine, I can get you a popsicle *
d. If you don’t drink this medicine, you will need to get a shot
Maternal Final exam100%
Maternal-Child Nursing (Rasmussen
University)
, lOMoARcPSD|17572840
While caring for a child with bacterial pneumonia, the nurse examines the child’s respiratory
system. What is an expected assessment finding for bacterial pneumonia?
a. Respiratory rate of 20 heard on auscultation
b. Diminished breath sounds and crackles
c. Longer inspiratory than expiratory rate noticed by inspection
d. Absent lung sounds in the right lower lobe
2. The nurse is participating in a preschool health screening program. What are appropriate
secondary health promotion activities? (Select all that apply).
a. Conduct vision tests
b. Conduct hearing tests
c. Listen to heart sounds
d. Measure gait and balance
e. Review immunizations received
3. A 6-month-old infant is admitted to the hospital because of a fever. When you obtain a health
history, what data would the nurse obtain first?
a. Details about the fever
b. Family profile
c. History of past illnesses
d. Review of systems
4. What education should a nurse provide to a parent to help their child complete Erikson’s
developmental task during the infant period?
a. Respond to the child’s needs consistently
b. Keep the child stimulated with many toys
c. Talk to the child at a special time each da.
d. y
e. Expose the child to many caregivers to help learn variability
, lOMoARcPSD|17572840
5. The pediatric nurse is familiar with Kuchler-Ross’s stages of grief. Parents who are feeling
confused and refusing to discuss the disease with any provider are in which stage of grief?
a. Denial
b. Grief
c. Bargaining
d. Acceptance
6. Management of primary dysmenorrhea often requires a multifaceted approach. The nurse
who provides care for a client with this condition should be that the optimal pharmacological
therapy for pain relief is.
a. Non-steroidal inflammatory drugs
b. Oral contraceptives
c. Aspirin
d. Acetaminophen
, lOMoARcPSD|17572840
7. A nurse is reviewing discharge instructions with the family of a child diagnosed with a urinary
tract infection. Which instruction should the nurse include with discharge teaching regarding
medications?
a. Complete the entire course of antibiotics ordered by the provider.
b. The child may choose to take the antibiotics or stop once he or she feels better.
c. As long as the fever does not return, the antibiotics have worked, and the parent may
stop giving them to the child.
d. Save the remainder, if there is any left, in case the child has another infection and could
use the rest of the prescription.
8. Which technique should the nurse use to administer eardrops to a 4-year-old child?
a. Press the pinna of the ear forward
b. Pull the pinna of the ear downward
c. Pull the pinna of the ear up and back
d. Lift the pinna of the ear down and back
9. A nurse performs an admission assessment on a child and suspect’s physical abuse. Based
on the suspicion, the primary legal nursing responsibility is to do which of the following?
a. Refer the family to the appropriate support groups
b. Assist the family in identifying resources and support systems
c. Report the case in which the abuse is suspected to the local authorities and your
supervisor or charge nurse
d. Coordinate information with the primary physician so he may report the findings
10. Which statement by the nurse is most likely to gain the cooperation of a young child?
a. Do you want to take your medicine now?
b. It is time for you to drink your medicine now
c. If you take this medicine, I can get you a popsicle *
d. If you don’t drink this medicine, you will need to get a shot
