1. The clinic nurse is reviewing statistics on infant mortality for the United States versus other
countries. Compared with other countries that have a
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makes which determination?
a. The United States is ranked last among 27 countries.
b. The United States is ranked similar to 20 other developed countries.
c. The United States is ranked in the middle of 20 other developed countries.
d. The United States is ranked highest among 27 other industrialized countries.
ANS: A
Although the death rate has decreased, the United States still ranks last in infant mortality among
nations with a population of at least 25 million. The United States has the highest infant death
rate of developed nations.
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2.hWich is the leading cause of death in infants younger than 1 year in the United States?
a. Congenital anomalies
b. Sudden infant death syndrome
c. Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight
d. Maternal complications specific to the perinatal period
ANS: A
Congenital anomalies account for 20.1% of deaths in infants younger than 1 year compared with
sudden infant death syndrome, which accounts for 8.2%; disorders related to short gestation and
unspecified low birth weight, which account for 16.5%; and maternal complications such as
infections specific to the perinatal period, which account for 6.1% of deaths in infants younger
than 1 year of age.
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. What is the major cause of death for children older than 1 year in the United States?
a. Heart disease
b. Childhood cancer
c. Unintentional injuries
d. Congenital anomalies
ANS: C
Unintentional injuries (accidents) are the leading cause of death after age 1 year through
adolescence. The leading cause of death for those younger than 1 year is congenital anomalies,
and childhood cancers and heart disease cause a significantly lower percentage of deaths in
children older than 1 year of age.
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. In addition to injuries, what are the leading causes of death in adolescents ages 15 to 19 years?
a. Suicide and cancer
b. Suicide and homicide
c. Drowning and cancer
d. Homicide and heart disease
ANS: B
Suicide and choumnitcide ac for 16.7% of deaths in this age group. Suicide and cancer account
for 10.9% of deaths, heart disease and cancer account for approximately 5.5%, and homicide and
heart disease account for 10.9% of the deaths in this age group.
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. The nurse is planning a teaching session to adolescents about hdseabty un intentional injuries.
Which should the nurse include in the session with regard to deaths caused by injuries?
a. More deaths occur in males.
b. More deaths occur in females.
c. The pattern of deaths does not vary according to age and sex.
d. The pattern of deaths does not vary widely among different ethnic groups.
ANS: A
The majority of deaths from unintentional injuries occur in males. The pattern of death does vary
greatly among different ethnic groups, and the causes of unintentional deaths vary with age and
gender.
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TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. What do mortality statistics describe?
a. Disease occurring regularly within a geographic location
b. The number of individuals who have died over a specific period
c. The prevalence of specific illness in the population at a particular time
d. Disease occurring in more than the number of edxpcect ases in a community
ANS: B
Mortality statistics refer to the number of individuals who have died over a specific period.
Morbidity statistics show the prevalence of specific illness in the population at a particular time.
Data regarding disease within a geographic region, or in greater than expected numbers in a
community, may be extrapolated from analyzing the morbidity statistics.
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
7. The nurse should assess which age group for suicide ideation since suicide in which age group
is the third leading ecaoufs death?
a. Preschoolers
b. Young school age
c. Middle school age
d. Late school age and adolescents
ANS: D
Suicide is the third leading cause of death in children ages 10 to 19 years; therefore, the age
group should be late school age and adolescents. Suicide is not one of the leading causes of death
for preschool and young or middle school-aged children.
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8. Parents of a hospitalized toddler ask the nurse, What is meant by family-centered care? The
nurse should respond with which statement?
a. Family-centered care reduces the effect of cultural diversity ofnamthiely.
b. Family-centered care encourages family dependence on the health care system.
c. Family-centered care recognizes that the family is the constant in a childs life.
d. Family-centered care avoids expecting families to be part of the decision-making
process.
ANS: C
The three key components of family-centered care are respect, collaboration, and support.
Family-centered care recognizesthe family asthe constant in tchheildslife. T he family should
be enabled and empowered to work with the health care system and is expected to be part of the
decision-making process. The nurse should also support the familys cultural diversity, not reduce
its effect.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
9. The nurse is describing clinical reasoning to a group of nursing students. Which is most
descriptive of clinical reasoning?
a. Purposeful and goal directed
b. A simple developmental process
c. Based on deliberate and irrational thought
d. Assists individuals in guessing what is most appropriate
ANS: A
Clinical reasoning is a complex developmental process based on rational and deliberate thought.
When thinking is clear, precise, accurate, relevant, consistent, and fair, a logical connection
develops between the elements of thought and the problem at hand.
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TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
10. Evidence-based practice (EBP), a decision-making model, is best described as which?
a. Using information in textbooks to guide care
b. Combining knowledge with clinical experience and intuition
c. Using a professional code of ethics as a means for decision making
d. Gathering all evidence that applies to the childs health and family situation
ANS: B
EBP helps focus on measurable outcomes; the use of demonstrated, effective interventions; and
questioning what is the best approach. EBP involves decision making based on data, not all
evidence on a particular situation, and involves the latest available data. Nurses can use
textbooks to determine areas of concern and potential involvement.
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
11. Which best describes signs and symptoms as part of a nursing diagnosis?
a. Description of potential risk factors
b. Identification of actual health problems
c. Human response to state of illness or health
d. Cues and clusters derived from patient assessment
ANS: D
Signs and symptoms are the cues and clusters of defining characteristics that are derived from a
patient assessment and indicate actual health problems. The first part of the nursing diagnosis is
the problem statement, also known as the human response to the state of illness or health. The
identification of actual health problems may be part of the medical diagnosis. The nursing
diagnosis is based on the human response to these problems. The human response is therefore a
component of the nursing diagnostic statement. Potential risk factors are used to identify nursing
care needs to avoid the development of an actual health problem when a potential one exists.
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TOP: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
12. The nurse is talking to a group of parents of school-age children at an after-school program
about childhood health problems. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching?
a. Childhood obesity is the most common nutritional problem among children.
b. Immunization rates are the same among children of different races and ethnicity.
c. Dental caries is not a problem commonly seen in children since the introduction
of fluoridated water.
d. Mental health problems are typically not seen in school-age children but may be
diagnosed in adolescents.
ANS: A
When teaching epnarts of sch ool-age children about childhood health problems, the nurse should
include information about childhood obesity because it is the most common problem among
children and is associated with type 2 diabetes. Teaching parents about ways to prevent obesity is
important to include. Immunization rates differ depending on the childs race and ethnicity; dental
caries continues to be a common chronic disease in childhood; and mental health problems are
seen in children as young as school age, not just in adolescents.
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TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
13. The nurse is planning care for a hospitalized preschool-aged child. Which should the nurse
plan to ensure atraumatic care?
a. Limit explanation of procedures because the child is preschool aged.
b. Ask that all family members leave the room when performing procedures.
c. Allow the child to choose the type of juice to drink with the administration of oral
medications.
d. Explain that EMLA cream cannot be used for the morning lab draw because there
is not time for it to be effective.
ANS: C
The overriding goal in providing atraumatic care is first, do no harm. Allowing the child a choice
of juice to drink when taking oral medications provides the child with a sense of control. The
preschool child should be prepared before procedures, so limiting explanations of procedures
would increase anxiety. The family should be allowed to stay with the child during procedures,
minimizing stress. Lidocaine/prilocaine (EMLA) cream is a topical local anesthetic. The nurse
should plan to use the prescribed cream in time for morning laboratory draws to minimize pain.
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
14. Which situation denotes a nontherapeutic nursepatientfamily relationship?
a. The nurse is planning to read a favorite fairy tale to a patient.
b. During shift report, the nurse is criticizing parents for not visiting their child.
c. The nurse is discussing with a fellow nurse the emotional draw to a certain
patient.
d. The nurse is working with a family to find ways to decrease the familys
dependence on health care providers.
ANS: B
Criticizing parents for not visiting in shift report is nontherapeutic and shows an
underinvolvement with the parents. Reading a fairy tale is a therapeutic and age appropriate
action. Discussing feelings of an emotional draw with a fellow nurse is therapeutic and shows a
willingness to understand feelings. Working with parents to decrease dependence on health care
providers is therapeutic and helps to empower the family.
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MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
15. The nurse is aware that which age group is at risk for childhood injury because of the
cognitive characteristic of magical and egocentric thinking?
a. Preschool
b. Young school age
c. Middle school age
d. Adolescent
ANS: A
Preschool children have the cognitive characteristic of magical and egocentric thinking, meaning
they are unable to comprehend danger to self or others. Young and middle school-aged children
have transitional cognitive processes, and they may attempt dangerous acts without detailed
planning but recognize danger to themselves or others. Adolescents have formal operational
cognitive processes and are preoccupied with abstract thinking.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
16. The school nurse is assessing children for risk factors related to childhood injuries. Which
child has the most risk factors related to childhood injury?
a. Female, multiple siblings, stable home life
b. Male, high activity level, stressful home life
c. Male, even tempered, history of previous injuries
d. Female, reacts negatively to new situations, no serious previous injuries
ANS: B
Boys have a preponderance for injuries over girls because of a difference in behavioral
characteristics, a high taicvity t emperament sisocaisated w ith risk-taking behaviors, and stress
predisposes children to increased risk taking and self-destructive behaviors. Therefore, a male
child with a high activity level and living in a stressful environment has the highest number of
risk factors. A girl with several siblings and a stable home life is low risk. A boy with vpiroeus
injuries has two risk factors, but an even temper is not a risk factor for injuries. A girl who reacts
negatively to new situations but has no previous serious illnesses has only one risk factor.
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
17. The school unautrisnegistheeval number of school-age children classified as obese. The
nurse recognizes that the percentile of body mass index that classifies a child as obese is greater
than which?
a. 50th percentile
b. 75th percentile
c. 80th percentile
d. 95th percentile
ANS: D
Obesity in children and adolescents is defined as a body mass index at or greater than the 95th
percentile for youth of the same age and gender.
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
18. The nurse is teaching parents about the types of behaviors children exhibit when living with
chronic violence. Which statement made by the parents indicates further teaching is needed?
a. We should watch for aggressive play.
b. Our child may show lasting symptoms of stress.
c. We know that our child will show caring behaviors.
d. Our child may have difficulty concentrating in school.
ANS: C
The statement that the child will show caring behaviors needs further teaching. Children living
with chronic violence may exhibit behaviors such as difficulty concentrating in school, memory
impairment, aggressive play, uncaring behaviors, and lasting symptoms of stress.
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TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
19. The nurse is evaluating research studies according to the GRADE criteria and has determined
the quality of evidence on the subject is moderate. Which type of evidence does this
determination indicate?
a. Strong evidence from unbiased observational studies
b. Evidence from randomized clinical trials showed inconsistent results
c. Consistent evidence from well-performed randomized clinical trials
d. Evidence for at least one critical outcome from randomized clinical trials had
serious flaws
ANS: B
Evidence from randomized clinical trials with important limitations indicates that the evidence is
of moderate quality. Strong evidence from unbiased observational studies and consistent
evidence from well-performed randomized clinical trials indicates high quality. Evidence for at
least one ictrical outcome f rom randomizediclailntrials th at has serious wflas indi cates low
quality.
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MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
20. An adolescent patient wants to make decisions about treatment options, along with his
parents. Which moral value is the nurse displaying when supporting the adolescent to make
decisions?
a. Justice
b. Autonomy
c. Beneficence
d. Nonmaleficence
ANS: B
Autonomy is the patients right to be self-governing. The adolescent is trying to be autonomous,
so the nurse is supporting this value. tJhuestice is concept of fairness. Beneficence is the
obligation to optreomthe pa tients well-being. Nonmaleficence is the obligation to minimize or
prevent harm.
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
21. The nurse manager is compiling a report for a hospital committee on the quality of nursingsensitive indicators for a nursing unit. Which does the nurse manager include in the report?
a. The average age of the nurses on the unit
b. The salary ranges for the nurses on the unit
c. The education and certification of the nurses on the unit
d. The number of nurses who have applied but were not hired for the unit
ANS: C
Nursing-sensitive indicators reflect the structure, process, and outcomes of nursing care. For
example, the number of nursing staff, the skill level of the nursing staff, and the education and
certification of nursing staff indicate the structure of nursing care. The average age of the nurses,
salary range, and number of nurses who have applied but were not hired for the unit are not
nursing-sensitive indicators.
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TOP: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
1. Which responsibilities are included in the pediatric nurses promotion of the health and wellbeing of children? (Select all that apply.)
a. Promoting disease prevention
b. Providing financial assistance
c. Providing support and counseling
d. Establishing lifelong friendships
e. Establishing a therapeutic relationship
f. Participating in ethical decision making
ANS: A, C, E, F
The pediatric nurses role includes promoting disease prevention, providing support and
counseling, establishing a therapeutic relationship, and participating in ethical decision making; a
pediatric nurse does not need to establish lifelong friendships or provide financial assistance to
children and their families. Boundaries should be set and clear.
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MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse is conducting a teaching session for parents on nutrition. Which characteristics of
families should the nurse consider that can cause families to struggle in providing adequate
nutrition? (Select all that apply.)
a. Homelessness
b. Lower income
c. Migrant status
d. Working parents
e. Single parent status
ANS: A, B, C
Families that struggle with lower incomes, homelessness, and migrant astus generally lack the
resources to provide their children with adequate food intake, nutritious foods such as fresh fruits
and vegetables, and appropriate protein intake. Working parents and single parent status do not
mean the families will struggle to provide adequate nutrition.
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TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
MSC: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. The nurse is preparing to complete documentation on a patients chart. Which should be
included in documentation of nursing care? (Select all that apply.)
a. Reassessments
b. Incident reports
c. Initial assessments
d. Nursing care provided
e. Patients response of care provided
ANS: A, C, D, E
The patients medical record shouldliundce: initial asse ssments, reassessments, ngursi care
provided, and the patients response of care provided. Incident reports are not documented in the
patients chart.
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TOP: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
MSC: Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment
4. Which actions by the nurse demonstrate overinvolvement with patients and their families?
(Select all that apply.)
a. Buying clothes for the patients
b. Showing favoritism toward a patient
c. Focusing on technical aspects of care
d. Spending off-duty time with patients and families
e. Asking questions if families are not participating in care
ANS: A, B, D
Actions that show overinvolvement include buying clothes for patients, showing favoritism
toward a patient, and spending off-duty time with patients and families. Focusing on technical
aspects of care is an action that indicates underinvolvement, and asking questions if families are
not participating in care indicates a positive action.
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