AC Chapter 2 Comprehensive
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
Dramatic play - Answer: Children act out situations that are a part of their hospital experience.
Allows them to "work through" emotions.
Outpatient facilities and/or community clinics - Answer: uncomplicated conditions-done in
outpatient clinics; discharged the same day; advantages and disadvantages exist
Educate Parents and caretakers - Answer: Most important part of discharge to home
Triage - Answer: nurses prioritize and respond to patient needs; may include telephone inquiries
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) - Answer: Often the primary contact person for children; In-
clinic patient care, routine physicals, collaborates with the MD
Home Care - Answer: Care done in the home; Home IV therapy; Popular
Case Manager - Answer: Home care arrangements, manages complete medical care
Links families with a of network services
, Hospice - Answer: Assists families in providing home care for terminally ill children
Family support and learning - Answer: Group therapy: prevention of mental health problems for
children who have undergone stressful situations
Parish nurses - Answer: Promote health within the context of a faith community
Long-term care facilities - Answer: Children with severe mental retardation or multiple
disabilities are residents here; Need a thorough assessment of facility
More cheerful
Casual atmosphere
More flexible
Playroom - Answer: Pediatric units differ from adult units in what way?
At their eye level - Answer: How should a nurse position oneself while communicating with a
baby or child?
Allowing the parent to room in - Answer: How can the child and parent's stress of
hospitalization be decreased?
Age
Previous illness experiences
Support system
Emotional status - Answer: Factors that effect the child's reaction to hospitalization
Prevents spread of infection - Answer: The nurse may provide age-appropriate toys to the child
who is in isolation in his/her room but the child can not go to other areas.
Questions (Frequently Tested)
with Verified Answers Graded
A+
Dramatic play - Answer: Children act out situations that are a part of their hospital experience.
Allows them to "work through" emotions.
Outpatient facilities and/or community clinics - Answer: uncomplicated conditions-done in
outpatient clinics; discharged the same day; advantages and disadvantages exist
Educate Parents and caretakers - Answer: Most important part of discharge to home
Triage - Answer: nurses prioritize and respond to patient needs; may include telephone inquiries
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) - Answer: Often the primary contact person for children; In-
clinic patient care, routine physicals, collaborates with the MD
Home Care - Answer: Care done in the home; Home IV therapy; Popular
Case Manager - Answer: Home care arrangements, manages complete medical care
Links families with a of network services
, Hospice - Answer: Assists families in providing home care for terminally ill children
Family support and learning - Answer: Group therapy: prevention of mental health problems for
children who have undergone stressful situations
Parish nurses - Answer: Promote health within the context of a faith community
Long-term care facilities - Answer: Children with severe mental retardation or multiple
disabilities are residents here; Need a thorough assessment of facility
More cheerful
Casual atmosphere
More flexible
Playroom - Answer: Pediatric units differ from adult units in what way?
At their eye level - Answer: How should a nurse position oneself while communicating with a
baby or child?
Allowing the parent to room in - Answer: How can the child and parent's stress of
hospitalization be decreased?
Age
Previous illness experiences
Support system
Emotional status - Answer: Factors that effect the child's reaction to hospitalization
Prevents spread of infection - Answer: The nurse may provide age-appropriate toys to the child
who is in isolation in his/her room but the child can not go to other areas.
