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Chapter s s 1: s s Health s s Status s s of s s Children: s s Global s s and s s National
s s Pers pectives ss
1. Which s s region ss ss globally s s has s s the s s highest s s infant s s mortality s s rate?
A. Indonesia
B. Southern ss ss Asia
C. SubSaharan ss ss Africa s s s s Correct
D. Syria
2. The primary s s s s care s s pediatric s s nurse s s practitioner s s understands that, s s
s s to s s achie ve the ss s s
greatest s s worldwide
reduction in s s s s child mortality from s s s s s s pneumonia s s and s s diarrhea, which s s
s s interventionis most effective?
s ss s s
A. Antibiotics
B. Optimal s s nutrition
C. Vaccinations ss ss Correct
D. Water s s purification
3. Which s s is true s s s s about s s the s s health s s status s s of s s children s s in s s the s s United s s St
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A. Globalism s s has relatively s s s s little s s impact s s on s s child s s health s s measures s s in s s the
U.S. s s
B. Obesity s s rates s s among s s 2to5yearolds s s have
s s shown a recentsignificant ss ss
decrease. s s s s Correct
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C. The rate of household s s s s s s s s poverty is lower than in other
s s s s s s s s s s
s s economica lly developed nations. ss s s ss
D. Young children s s s s who s s attend s s preschool s s or s s day s s care s s have s s higher s s fo
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insecurity.
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5. s s When providing well child care
s s s s s s s s s s for s s an infant in the
s s s s s s s s first
s s year s s of life, the primary
s s ss s s
care pediatric nurse
s s s s s s practitioner s s is s s adhering to the s s s s s s most recent s s
s s American s s A cademy of
ss s s
PediatricsRecommendations s s for s s Preventive s s Pediatric s s Health s s Care
s s guideline s by s s s s
A. focusing less on s s s s s s developm ent s s s and more on illness
s s s s s s
s s prevention s s an d nutrition.ss ss
B. following guidelines s s s s established s s by theBright
s s s s Futures s s publication. s
C. scheduling s s wellbaby s s visits s s to coincide s s
s s with s s k ey ss s s developmentalmilestones. s s
s s Correct
D. seeing the infant at ages s s s s s s s s s s 2, 4, 6, and 12 months
s s s s s s s s s s s s when
s s immunizations are due. ss s s
Chapter s s 2. ss ss Unique s s Issues s s in s s s Pediatrics
1. A nurse is explaining the therapeutic milieu to a new
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
s s nurse. s s The s s b est explanation
ss s s s s of this term s s s s s s would be: s s
1. The place ss s s where the s s s s child s s is s s receiving s s care.
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2. Group s s therapy.
3. Personal s s interactions s s between s s patients s s and s s staff.
4. All of the above s s ss ss s s are correc s s
t. ANS: 4 ss s s
2. A 16-year-old s s s s male has received s s s s s s a s s pink-
slipmfrom s s the s s police s s for s s inpatient s s psychiatric s s treatment. s s The s s teen
has been expressing thoughts of hanging himself because Life sucks.
ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss
The nursing staff should consider
ss ss ss ss
s s placing the child: ss ss
1. With peers. s s
2. In an s s s s area s s where s s he s s can s s be s s watched s s one-on-one.
3. With a roommate that s s s s s s s s is s s expressing s s the s s same s s concerns.
4. In an area close to an s s s s s s s s s s
s s external do or. ANS: 2 s s ss ss s s
3. Learning s s disabilities s s in s s children s s have s s scientifically s s been s s linked s s to:
1. Poor s s nutrition.
2. The environment s s s s in s s which s s the s s child s s lives.
3. Genetics.
4. Watching more than four hours of television ss ss s s s s s s ss
s s a d ay. ANS: 3
s s ss ss s s
4. A mental s s s s health s s nurse has s s s s assessed s s a s s child s s and s s determined
s s that s s the s s chil d exhibits behavioral challenges.
ss ss s s s s
When the s s s s school s s nurse s s explains s s this s s to s s a teacher,
s s s s the s s best s s description
wouldbe:
s s
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1. The s s child s s may s s exhibit s s physical s s outbur sts.s s
2. The child s s s s may s s exhibit s s violence s s toward s s others.
3. The s s child may s s s s be s s defiant s s or s s have s s tantrums.
4. The child s s s s will s s need s s special s s intervention s s s s s for s s learnin
g. ANS: ss s s 3
5. A child that has not exhibited enuresis in four years has
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
s s exhibited t his behavior s s s s s s s s pattern s s for s s the s s last s s week.
The reason s s s s a s s child s s may s s revert s s back s s to s s this s s behavior s s pattern s s is s s becau se
s
of:
s s