Burns Exam 1 test bank
1. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is obtaining a medical
history about a child. To integrate both nursing and medical aspects of
primary care, which will be included in the medical history?: Speech and
language development, beliefs about health and previous illness.
2. when meeting with a new family, the primary care pediatric nurse
practitioner develops a database that identifies family members and others
living in the household, relationships with others outside the household, and
significant behavioral and emotional problems. Which tool will the nurse
practitioner use to record this information?: Genogram
3. A child is in the clinic for evaluation of an asthma action plan. the primary
care pediatric nurse practitioner notes that the child's last visit was for pre-
kindergarten physical and observes that the child is extremely anxious. what
will the nurse practitioner do initially?: review the purpose of the visit and
anticipated procedures
4. the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner cares for children from a
native American family and learns that they used many herbs to treat and
prevent illness. Which approach will the PNP use to promote optimum health
in the children?: ask about the types of practices and when they were applied.
5. the PNP works with families from a variety of cultures and
socioeconomic classes. which is an example of cultural humility in practice?:
receptivity to learning about the perspectives of other cultures
6. the PNP in a community health center meets a family who has recently
immigrated to the United States who speak only Karon. They arrive in the
clinic with a church sponsor who translates for them. the PNP notices that
the sponsor answers for the family without giving them time to speak. The
PNP will implement what intervention to help with communication: use the
telephone interpreter service to communicate with the family
7. The PNP prescribes a twice daily inhaled corticosteroid for a 12 year old
child. At a well child visit the child reports not using the medication on a
regular basis. which response by the pediatric nurse practitioner
demonstrates an understanding of client: asking the child to describe usual daily
routines and schedules
8. a primary care PNP working in a community health center wishes to
develop a program to assist impoverished children and families to have
access to healthy foods. Which strategy will the PNP employ to ensure the
success of such a program?: asking community members to assist in researching
and implementing a program
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9. the primary PNP is examining a child whose parents recently emigrated
from a war torn country in the middle east. Which is a priority assessment
when performing the patient history?: asking about physical, psyological, and
emotional trauma
10. a single mother of an infant worries that living in a household with only
one parent will cause her child to be maladjusted. to help address the mothers
concerns the PNP will suggest: developing daily routines for the child
11. during a well child exam the PNP learns that the parents of a young child
fight frequently about money. the parents state that they do not fight in front
of the child and feel that the situation is temporary and related to the fathers
job layoff. what will the nurse practitioner do?: suggest counseling to learn ways
to handle stress
12. the PNP is examining a newborn infant recently discharged from the
neonatal intensive care unit after premature birth. the parent is upset and
expresses worry about whether the infant will be normal. what will the nurse
practitioner do in this situation?: point out the tasks that the infant can perform
while conducting the assessment
13. which interventions are recommendations suggested as preventative
services for neonates.: breastfeeding screening neonates for sickle
hemoglobinopathies
newborns screened for PKU before being 24 hours old should be rescreened by 2
weeks old
screening for hip dysplasia
14. when providing post delivery information regarding her infant the nurse
will confirm to the mother that which fetal cardiac structures have no function
after her child is born?: foramen ovale
ductus arteriosus
15. the nurse will contribute which neonate characteristics noted in the first
period of reactivity to sympathetic system changes ?: transient rales
tachycardia
alertness
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1. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is obtaining a medical
history about a child. To integrate both nursing and medical aspects of
primary care, which will be included in the medical history?: Speech and
language development, beliefs about health and previous illness.
2. when meeting with a new family, the primary care pediatric nurse
practitioner develops a database that identifies family members and others
living in the household, relationships with others outside the household, and
significant behavioral and emotional problems. Which tool will the nurse
practitioner use to record this information?: Genogram
3. A child is in the clinic for evaluation of an asthma action plan. the primary
care pediatric nurse practitioner notes that the child's last visit was for pre-
kindergarten physical and observes that the child is extremely anxious. what
will the nurse practitioner do initially?: review the purpose of the visit and
anticipated procedures
4. the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner cares for children from a
native American family and learns that they used many herbs to treat and
prevent illness. Which approach will the PNP use to promote optimum health
in the children?: ask about the types of practices and when they were applied.
5. the PNP works with families from a variety of cultures and
socioeconomic classes. which is an example of cultural humility in practice?:
receptivity to learning about the perspectives of other cultures
6. the PNP in a community health center meets a family who has recently
immigrated to the United States who speak only Karon. They arrive in the
clinic with a church sponsor who translates for them. the PNP notices that
the sponsor answers for the family without giving them time to speak. The
PNP will implement what intervention to help with communication: use the
telephone interpreter service to communicate with the family
7. The PNP prescribes a twice daily inhaled corticosteroid for a 12 year old
child. At a well child visit the child reports not using the medication on a
regular basis. which response by the pediatric nurse practitioner
demonstrates an understanding of client: asking the child to describe usual daily
routines and schedules
8. a primary care PNP working in a community health center wishes to
develop a program to assist impoverished children and families to have
access to healthy foods. Which strategy will the PNP employ to ensure the
success of such a program?: asking community members to assist in researching
and implementing a program
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9. the primary PNP is examining a child whose parents recently emigrated
from a war torn country in the middle east. Which is a priority assessment
when performing the patient history?: asking about physical, psyological, and
emotional trauma
10. a single mother of an infant worries that living in a household with only
one parent will cause her child to be maladjusted. to help address the mothers
concerns the PNP will suggest: developing daily routines for the child
11. during a well child exam the PNP learns that the parents of a young child
fight frequently about money. the parents state that they do not fight in front
of the child and feel that the situation is temporary and related to the fathers
job layoff. what will the nurse practitioner do?: suggest counseling to learn ways
to handle stress
12. the PNP is examining a newborn infant recently discharged from the
neonatal intensive care unit after premature birth. the parent is upset and
expresses worry about whether the infant will be normal. what will the nurse
practitioner do in this situation?: point out the tasks that the infant can perform
while conducting the assessment
13. which interventions are recommendations suggested as preventative
services for neonates.: breastfeeding screening neonates for sickle
hemoglobinopathies
newborns screened for PKU before being 24 hours old should be rescreened by 2
weeks old
screening for hip dysplasia
14. when providing post delivery information regarding her infant the nurse
will confirm to the mother that which fetal cardiac structures have no function
after her child is born?: foramen ovale
ductus arteriosus
15. the nurse will contribute which neonate characteristics noted in the first
period of reactivity to sympathetic system changes ?: transient rales
tachycardia
alertness
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