Child Life Certification Exam Practice Test 1 & 2
A child life specialist can assist hospital personnel in better understanding pediatric patients' emotions and behaviors by:
a) Blowing bubbles for patients during IV starts
b) Creating a patient graffiti board in the hallway
c) Encouraging ...
Child Life Certification Exam Practice Test 1 & 2
A child life specialist can assist hospital personnel in better understanding pediatric
patients' emotions and behaviors by:
a) Blowing bubbles for patients during IV starts
b) Creating a patient graffiti board in the hallway
c) Encouraging patients to participate in playroom activities
d) Educate staff to avoid the use of emphatic statements with their patients **** b)
Creating a patient graffiti board in the hallway
The purpose of quality management activities is to:
a) Establish a system of formal record-keeping for a child life program
b) Professionalize child life services
c) Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
d) Document established child life practices, beliefs, and philosophies that have not
been adequately evaluated **** c) Assure high quality, cost-effective child life care
All of the following will come from the use of statistics, numerical analysis, and record
keeping EXCEPT:
a) Components for rewriting job descriptions
b) Professionalization of child life services
c) Increased efficiency of child life services
d) Usefulness for staff feedback and review **** a) Components for rewriting job
descriptions
What is the MOST important consideration when a policy is written concerning playroom
use?
a) Safety of the patient
b) Retention of toys and equipment
c) Needs of the health care team
d) Child life staff's schedule **** a) Safety of the patient
When creating child life care plans, it is ESSENTIAL to:
a) utilize a patient classification system
b) Inform the child and family about your care plan
c) Document any modifications made to the original care plan
d) Involve the child and family **** d) Involve the child and family
,Important guidelines to consider when promoting and enhancing interdisciplinary
collaboration include all of the following EXCEPT:
a) Waiting for other disciplines to approach you for information gathering
b) Recognizing the professional limits and boundaries of child life
c) Providing in-service education for hospital staff
d) Being receptive to the observations and assessments of professionals from other
disciplines **** a) Waiting for other disciplines to approach you for information
gathering
Which behavior displays ethical conduct that includes family-centered care and
professional boundaries?
a) Coming in on your day off at the request of the patient and family
b) Supporting the family's request by encouraging that only one particular nurse start
the patient's IVs
c) Communicating the family's needs to the health care team based on your
observations
d) Conveying support while affirming the patient's and family's abilities **** d)
Conveying support while affirming the patient's and family's abilities
A research study examining the average number of pediatric admissions for strabismus
would be considered:
a) Descriptive
b) Longitudinal
c) Inferential
d) Correlational **** a) Descriptive
Research indicates that children in which of the following age groups are MOST
vulnerable to psychological stress when hospitalized?
a) 0-6 months
b) 7 months- 4 years
c) 5-9 years
d) 10-14 years **** b) 7 months- 4 years
All of the following are major areas of assessment for staff evaluation EXCEPT
assessment of the individual's
a) Work with children
b) Knowledge base and ability to put knowledge into practice
c) Ability to successfully fundraise
d) Growth and contribution to the department and institution **** c) Ability to
successfully fundraise
, When initially discussing expectations for performance with volunteers or students, it is
important that:
a) Volunteers and students be encouraged to set their own expectations
b) Volunteers and students are informed that failure to improve their skills on a continual
basis is cause for dismissal
c) Performance standards presented to volunteers and students are based on program
objectives
d) Foreseeable situations be discussed with the individual **** c) Performance
standards presented to volunteers and students are based on program objectives
An essential component of any student or volunteer orientation is a(n):
a) Icebreaking activity that encourages bonding
b) "show and tell" session about past medical experiences
c) Handbook of the material covered
d) Test use to screen out potentially ineffective students or volunteers **** c)
Handbook of the material covered
To determine whether a child life care plan needs to be modified, it is important to
evaluate whether the current plan has been effective. To evaluate this, it is essential
that:
a) The initial child life plan for intervention includes an outcome objective
b) A formal assessment tool be used
c) Direct feedback is received from the patient or parents
d) The patient's and family's progress be documented **** a) The initial child life plan
for intervention includes an outcome objective
A child with a new diagnosis is having a difficult time with IV starts. To assist with coping
efforts, the child life specialist would prepare him/her for the medical procedure by:
a) Watching a video about coming to the hospital
b) Choosing his favorite nurse to do his procedure
c) Having the procedure in his room because he's comfortable there
d) Offering choices about what he will do during the procedure **** d) Offering choices
about what he will do during the procedure
To know whether a child life care plan needs to be modified, it is important to:
a) Administer a formal assessment tool on a weekly basis
b) Understand that the assessment process is ongoing, dynamic, and interactive
c) Complete a patient classification form on a daily basis
d) Ask parents to complete a questionnaire regarding their child's progress on a weekly
basis **** b) Understand that the assessment process is ongoing, dynamic, and
interactive
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