PEDIATRIC NURSE
PRACTITIONER PRIMARY
CARE
QNS & ANS
VERSION 2
2023/2024
, 1. When teaching a preschool child how to pet-form coughing and deep-breathing exercises
before corrective surgery of Tetralogy of Fallot, which of the following teaching
principles should Nurse Aubrey address first? Building the teaching on the child’s
current level of knowledge
2. Which is most suggestive that a nurse has a nontherapeutic relationship with a patient
and family? Staff is concerned about the nurse’s actions with the patient and family
3. A 72 year old female presents with a medical history unremarkable except for the
occasional headache. She enjoyed emotional health throughout marriage and
childrearing, although her family history is significant for strokes and nervous
breakdowns. Since her husband died a year ago, however, she has been waking every
morning at 3am, is reluctant to go out although she has family member living nearby, and
feels a continual urge to sleep. She cannot discuss her late husband without crying.
Differential diagnoses would include Depression, Unresolved grief, and hypothyroidism
4. While teaching a parenting class to new parents the nurse describes the needs of infants
and toddlers regarding discipline and limit setting. What is the most important reason for
implementing such parenting behaviors? They provide the child with a sense of security
PRACTITIONER PRIMARY
CARE
QNS & ANS
VERSION 2
2023/2024
, 1. When teaching a preschool child how to pet-form coughing and deep-breathing exercises
before corrective surgery of Tetralogy of Fallot, which of the following teaching
principles should Nurse Aubrey address first? Building the teaching on the child’s
current level of knowledge
2. Which is most suggestive that a nurse has a nontherapeutic relationship with a patient
and family? Staff is concerned about the nurse’s actions with the patient and family
3. A 72 year old female presents with a medical history unremarkable except for the
occasional headache. She enjoyed emotional health throughout marriage and
childrearing, although her family history is significant for strokes and nervous
breakdowns. Since her husband died a year ago, however, she has been waking every
morning at 3am, is reluctant to go out although she has family member living nearby, and
feels a continual urge to sleep. She cannot discuss her late husband without crying.
Differential diagnoses would include Depression, Unresolved grief, and hypothyroidism
4. While teaching a parenting class to new parents the nurse describes the needs of infants
and toddlers regarding discipline and limit setting. What is the most important reason for
implementing such parenting behaviors? They provide the child with a sense of security
