Chapter 02: Family-Centered and Community-Based Maternal and Pediatric Nursing
1. You are answering questions from parents who are concerned about the
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language development skills among their three children, aged 7, 4, and 3. In discussing
the differences among the children, you explain that
A) Firstborn children are slower to develop language skills than their siblings
B) Second-born children are slower to develop language skills than their siblings
C) Boys raised with older sisters are slower to develop language skills than their
siblings
D) Girls raised with older brothers are slower to develop language skills than their
siblings
2. As part of your role as a school nurse, you are conducting a drug education program in a
fourth-grade class. This is an example of nursing in
A) Primary prevention C) Tertiary prevention
B) Secondary prevention D) Home health care
3. You are a nurse focused only on tertiary prevention. Which of the following most likely
describes your actions in your current role?
A) Caring for new mothers in a maternity clinic
B) Identifying a child with pediculosis in an elementary school
C) Taking case histories in an orthopedic clinic
D) Providing care for an elderly patient in a home-care setting
4. You are counseling a pregnant woman as to the best option for delivering her baby. She
is 25 years old, has one other child, and is in a low-risk pregnancy. You advise her that
the best option for delivery is
A) A home setting
B) A birthing center
C) A hospital
D) There is no evidence of any superiority among settings
5. Working in a clinic, you are following up on the doctor's recommendation that your
patient consult a nutritionist. By giving a list of referrals to this patient, you are fulfilling
part of your role of
A) Client advocacy C) Primary care
B) Community-based nursing D) Secondary prevention
6. You are a community-based nurse and your new patient is a physically challenged
9-year-old girl in a family of four. As part of your client advocacy for this child, you
might
A) Take a case history for each member of the family
B) Make telephone calls to establish eligibility for special equipment needed to
transport the child to school
C) Take the patient's blood pressure
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