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STUDY GUIDE FOR MSTERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING BY PILLITTERIHH
STUDY GUIDE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PRACTICING FOR NCLEX
NURSING BY ADELE PILLITTERI ACTIVITY H. MCQ
1. When obtaining information regarding history
CHAPTER 34. CHILD HEALTH ASSESSMENT of a child, you should ask
Activity A. Fill in the Blanks a. “How much food does your child
1. The mobility of the eardrum (tympanic normally eat?”
membrane) can be tested by injecting air into b. “Does your child socialize well with
the ear canal. others?”
2. Geographic tongue is a rough-appearing tongue c. “Describe your child’s normal sleep
surface that often accompanies general patterns.”
symptoms of illness such as fever; it may also d. “What types of stools does your child
normally occur. normally have?”
3. Sinus arrhythmias are considered a normal 2. Which of the following is a priority when
phenomenon in children of school age. They are performing a physical assessment on a
characterized by a marked heart rate increase newborn?
on inspiration and a marked heart rate a. Preventing the newborn from squirming
decrease on expiration. b. Maintain body temperature
c. Examining ears and throat before the
Activity B. Matching eyes and nose
EXAMINATION d. Assessing the newborn’s brachial pulse
AGE OF CLIENT
TECHNIQUES 3. When performing an assessment of the throat,
1. Newborn - Keep covered to maintain depressing the tongue of a child who has acute
body temperature epiglottitis is contraindicated because this
a. May precipitate upper airway
2. Infant - Use calm voice and obstruction
distracting toys during b. Overstimulates the cough and gag
assessment reflex
c. May be a source of bacterial infections
3. Adolescent - Offer choice for whether d. May rupture the epiglottis
parent is present during 4. The most effective way to assess a toddler’s gait
examination is to
a. Observe play activity
4. Early school - Begin to measure blood b. Perform a specific motor test
age pressure each c. Ask the child to walk toward the parent
examination d. Ask the child to hop on one foot
5. To assess hearing in a 1-month old infant, you
Activity C. Additional Matching Questions should
CHILD HEALTH SIGNS & SYMPTOMS a. Play a musical toy 4 ft from the infant’s
PROBLEMS (EXTREMITIES) ear and observe for eye movement
1. Iron-deficiency - Concave nails b. Repeat the infant’s name in a soft tone
anemia and observe facial expressions
2. Decreased - Clubbed fingers c. Perform the Rinne test and observe for
respiratory head turning
function d. Make a loud noise and observe for the
3. Endocarditis - Linear startle reflex
hemorrhages 6. When assessing a child’s abdomen, which
under the nails technique would you perform first?
4. Chromosomal - Simian hand line a. Percussion
abnormalities b. Palpation
c. Inspection
d. Auscultation
, HH
7. Which of the following would you interpret as c. Recite a poem with age-appropriate
possibly indicating a bowel obstruction in a words
toddler? d. Read a phrase and interpret it
a. Increased peristalsis with absence of
stools for 2 or more days Activity I. Alternate Format Questions
b. Abdominal distention with absence of 1. Assessment revealing which of the following
peristalsis would lead you to suspect that a child is at
c. Severe abdominal pain with a loud bruit increased risk for hearing impairment?
on auscultation a. Perinatal infections
d. Presence of an abdominal hernia with b. High birth weight
dry, foul-smelling tools c. Hyperbilirubinemia
8. Which assessments would be priority for a child d. Bacterial meningitis
who complaints for a sore throat and dizziness? e. Anatomical malformation
a. Otoscopic and throat exam 2. Which of the following statement(s) is correct
b. Nasal and ophthalmic exam regarding the assessment findings of the female
c. Mental status evaluation and complete genitalia?
neurologic exam a. Hair growth in the pubic area typically
d. Respiratory and cardiovascular system appears triangular in shape
assessments b. A vaginal discharge in a young child may
9. When performing an assessment for the be a sign of sexual abuse
presence of an inguinal hernia, which of the c. An enlarged clitoris in an adolescent girl
following should be considered a positive test is a sign of sexual activity
result? d. Vaginal warts are common findings in
a. Palpable femoral lymph nodes most children under the age of 13 years
b. Extreme pain and discomfort in rectal e. Pelvic examination is usually performed
and perineal area when the girl reaches 16 years of age
c. Bulging of the intestine while coughing 3. You are performing an abdominal assessment of
d. Pelvic pain on palpation a school-age child. Place the actions below in
10. To assess the elder school-aged child for the proper sequence reflecting how you would
scoliosis, you should proceed.
a. Ask the child to stand straight with feet 1. Inspect abdominal contour
together 2. Auscultate for bowel sounds
b. Measure the leg lengths and pelvic girth 3. Palpate for tenderness
c. Have the child bend over, inspecting for 4. Palpate for rebound tenderness
a dimpling 5. Percuss the liver
d. Ask the child to walk to observe posture
11. Tina is a preschooler who is brought to the clinic
by her mother for a checkup. Which of the
following statements made by Tina’s mother
would most likely indicate that Tina has a vision
problem?
a. “Tina is always rubbing her eyes,
blinking, and squinting.”
b. “Tina sits so close to the television
when she’s watching it.”
c. “Tina still doesn’t know her colors.”
d. “Tina doesn’t seem to like to pay
attention to what’s in front of her.”
12. To conduct the Denver Articulation Screening
Examination (DASE), you would ask the child to
a. Repeat some familiar words or phrases
b. Read a favorite short story
, HH
CHAPTER 35. COMMUNICATION AND TEACHING WITH Activity B. Matching
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 1. Nontherapeutic - Interaction that lacks
communication structure, planning, and
Activity A. Fill in the Blanks deliberate purpose
1. Process recording is a method that examines
statements, thoughts and responses to 2. Therapeutic - Interaction that is
determine effectiveness with therapeutic communication planned, has structure,
communication. and is helpful and
2. Teaching in the home gives the nurse an constructive
opportunity to assess the child’s environment,
interactions with family members, and overall 3. Feedback - A response acknowledging
family functioning. a message has been
3. Provide the term for the type of learning received and understood
described.
a. Psychomotor depends on muscle and 4. Reflecting - Restating the last word or
neurologic coordination. phrase someone has said
b. Cognitive requires adequate when there is a pause in
development, intelligence, and the communication
attention span.
c. Affective is gained best through role- 5. Clarifying - Repeating statements
modelling, role-playing, or shared someone has made so
experience discussion. that you both can be
4. Redemonstration is exact imitation of a certain
demonstrated procedure.
5. Outcomes for learning should reflect the type of 6. Perception - Documenting a feeling or
learning desired and should establish content checking emotion that someone
and time guidelines. has expressed to you
6. When teaching a psychomotor skill, always
assess the child’s physical ability to perform the 7. Focusing - Helping someone center
procedure. on a subject that you
7. Teaching strategies are most effective when suspect is causing anxiety
they are intermixed. because he or she
8. The use of flash cards or board games may comments about it
assist a child in memorizing certain information. indirectly or completely
9. Because children often absorb one piece of avoids it
information at a time, preparation for surgery
should be taught in stages. 8. Paraphrasing - Restating what someone
10. Child learn best those things that hold a has said not only to
particular interest for them. indicate that you have
11. Learning occurs best with positive heard correctly but also to
reinforcement. explain what the person is
trying to say using
different words
, HH
Activity C. Additional Matching PRACTICING FOR NCLEX
1. Behavior - A system aimed at ACTIVITY H. MCQ
modification erasing some form of 1. Which of the following indicates appropriate
behavior that interferes use of teaching and learning principles?
with healthy functioning a. Explaining to a school-aged child that
the kidney transplant is being done
2. Cognitive - Process that involves because it will be good for him
learning change in an individual’s b. Providing a booklet that encourages a
ability to perform a skill preschool child to eat extra meat
because it will help to repair his incision
3. Informal - Process occurring when c. Having the mother of an infant use a
teaching a nurse spontaneously game to teach the infant a desired
answers a child’s or activity
parent’s question about d. Using a firm tone to tell a toddler not to
a care measure touch her bandage
2. A child may have the greatest difficulty learning
4. Learning - A two-step process which of the following?
involving the acquisition a. Dietary adjustments
of knowledge resulting b. Insulin administration
in a measurable change c. Colostomy irrigation
in behavior d. Range of motion exercises
3. Which of the following is true about children
5. Psychomotor - Process that involves a relative to learning?
learning change in an individual’s a. One child’s learning style may differ
ability to perform a skill from another’s
b. Admitting your discomfort with
6. Puppetry - A helpful method for teaching a subject will negatively affect
teaching preschool learning
children about the c. Chronologic age is more indicative of
hospital and health care learning capability than mental age
staff d. The older the child, the shorter the
attention span
7. Resource - Individuals specializing 4. You have to teach a group of preschoolers to
people in teaching particular dial 911. The most effective strategy for this
information or skills teaching would be
a. Pamphlets
8. Role - Demonstration of a b. Lecture
modelling certain attitude that you c. Discussion
want a child to learn d. Demonstration
5. Which of the following should be included in
9. Teaching - Presentation of the teaching and learning process with a young
information so as to child?
increase someone’s a. Focusing information solely to the child
knowledge or insight because parents cannot change the
child’s behavior
10. Affective - Process that involves a b. Evaluating if the child is performing the
learning change in a person’s desired behavior when indicated
attitude c. Letting the child decide the depth of
information to be taught
d. Teaching the child special ways to
prepare the food on a restricted diet
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