Question: 9-year-old difficulty making friends. Best intervention?
Answer Choices:
Join a club
Spend recess alone
Buddy program with kindergarten
Develop independent hobbies
Answer: A — arranging for the child to join a club with similar aged students
Question: Psychosocial development of preschooler (Select all that apply).
Answer Choices:
acts out roles
initiates activities
parallel play
plans activities
understands relationships
classifies objects
Answer: acts out roles of other people
initiates activities with others
plans activities and makes up games
understands relationships among objects
classifies or groups objects by their common elements
Question: The nurse is discussing ways to promote discipline with parents who are becoming increasingly frustrated with their adolescents. What will the nurse suggest to the parents?
Answer Choices:
• Make a chore chart and add stickers for completed chores and activities.
• Determine the consequences of misbehavior and explain them to the adolescent.
• Develop consistent expectations and use consistent responses each time.
• Avoid discussing situations of misbehavior and instead praise appropriate behavior.
Answer: Develop consistent expectations and use consistent responses each time.
Question: Adopted 4-year-old toys recommendation?
Answer Choices:
Electronic game console
Bicycle with training wheels
Science kits
Play kitchen with pretend food
Answer: D — Play kitchen with pretend food to support imitative play and imagination
Question: The nurse admitted an adolescent boy to the Pediatric Med-surg Unit. Which intervention will help the adolescent in determining his identity?
Answer Choices:
Having the football team visiting him
Reminding the adolescent of his identity
Allowing the adolescent to meet his friends in the cafeteria
Providing opportunities for the adolescent to talk to his peers
Answer: D — Providing opportunities for the adolescent to talk to his peers
Question: Guidelines for communicating with adolescents (Select all that apply).
Answer Choices:
Do not admit mistakes
Speak as authority
Ask questions
Do not pretend you know all answers
Do not give praise unless deserved
Talk face to face and be aware of body language
Answer: Ask questions to see why they feel that way.
Do not pretend you know all the answers.
Talk face to face and be aware of body language.
Question: The nurse teaches parents of adolescents that teenagers need the support of their parents and nurses to facilitate healthy lifestyles. What should be a priority focus of this guidance?
Answer Choices:
reducing risk-taking behavior
promoting adequate physical growth
maximizing learning potential
teaching personal hygiene routines
Answer: A — reducing risk-taking behavior
Question: Atraumatic care includes which?
Answer Choices:
Family-centered care
Therapeutic communication
Minimizing physical stressors
All the above
Answer: D — All the above
Question: The nurse is providing anticipatory guidance for parents of a preschool-age child regarding sex education. What is a recommended guideline when dealing with this issue?
Answer Choices:
Be prepared to thoroughly cover a topic before the child asks about it.
Before answering questions, find out what the child thinks about the subject.
Expand upon the topic when answering questions to prevent further confusion.
Provide a less-than-honest response to shelter the child from knowledge that is too advanced.
Answer: B — Before answering questions, find out what the child thinks about the subject.
Question: 16-year-old with new Type 1 diabetes struggling with identity. Best intervention?
Answer Choices:
Invite siblings
Connect to Teen Diabetes Group
Talk on phone with friends
Provide books
Answer: B — Connect him to a Teen Diabetes Group.
Question: A nurse is reinforcing teaching to parents of a toddler about temper tantrums. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
Answer Choices:
• “Temper tantrums are due to a type of learning disability.”
• “You should get a psychological consult for the temper tantrums.”
• “You should leave the room while the tantrum is going on.”
• “Temper tantrums are the toddler’s attempt to gain control of a situation.”
Answer: D — “Temper tantrums are the toddler’s attempt to gain control of a situation.”