Chapter 27 Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 2nd Edition

Chapter 27  Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 2nd Edition

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

1.
The nurse is conducting a well-child examination of a 5-year-old girl, who was 40 inches tall at her last examination at age 4. Which of the following height measurements would be within the normal range of growth expected for a preschooler?
A)
41 inches
B)
43 inches
C)
45 inches
D)
47 inches

2.
The nurse is teaching the parents of a 4-year-old boy about the normal maturations of the child’s organs during the preschool years and their effect on body functions. Which of the following statements accurately describe these changes? Select all answers that apply.
A)
Myelination of the spinal cord allows for bowel and bladder control to be complete in most children by age 3 years.
B)
The respiratory structures are continuing to grow in size, and the number of alveoli continues to increase, reaching the adult number at about 7 years of age.
C)
Heart rate increases and blood pressure decreases slightly during the preschool years; an innocent heart murmur may be heard upon auscultation.
D)
The bones continue to increase in length and the muscles continue to strengthen and mature; however, the musculoskeletal system is still not fully mature.
E)
The small intestine is continuing to grow in length, and stool passage usually occurs once or twice per day in the average preschooler.
F)
The urethra remains long in both boys and girls, making them more susceptible to urinary tract infections than adults.

3.
The nurse is assessing the psychosocial development of a preschooler. Which of the following are normal activities characteristic of the preschooler? Select all answers that apply.
A)
Plans activities and makes up games
B)
Initiates activities with others
C)
Acts out roles of other people
D)
Engages in parallel play with peers
E)
Classifies or groups objects by their common elements
F)
Understands relationships among objects

4.
The nurse is caring for a 5-year-old girl posttonsillectomy. The girl looks out the window and tells the nurse that it is raining and says, “The sky is crying because it is sad that my throat hurts.” The nurse understands that the girl is demonstrating which mental process?
A)
Magical thinking
B)
Centration
C)
Transduction
D)
Animism

5.
The parents of a 4-year-old ask the nurse when their child will be able to differentiate right from wrong and develop morals. What would be the best response of the nurse?
A)
“The preschooler has no sense of right and wrong.”
B)
“The preschooler is developing a conscience.”
C)
“The preschooler sees morality as internal to self.”
D)
“The preschooler’s morals are their own, right or wrong.”

6.
Which activity would the nurse least likely include as exemplifying the preconceptual phase of Piaget’s preoperational stage?
A)
Displays of animism
B)
Use of active imaginations
C)
Understanding of opposites
D)
Beginning questioning of parents’ values

Answer Key

1.
B
2.
A, B, D, E
3.
A, B, C
4.
A
5.
B
6.
D