1. The nurse is interviewing an adolescent. What should the nurse recognize as an important aspect of interviewing the adolescent?
Adolescents will share more about themselves in a private conversation. Adolescents will not likely share information related to sexual relationships or to use of su...
Kyle and Carman: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing 1.The nurse is interviewing an adolescent. What should the nurse
recognize as an important aspect of interviewing the adolescent?
Adolescents will share more about themselves in a private conversation. Adolescents will not likely share information related to sexual relationships or to use of substances.
Adolescents should be asked if they would like a peer in the room during the interview.
Adolescents will talk more openly if their caregiver is in the same room.: in a room with a child near the same age
2.The nurse is obtaining the health history for a 9-year-old child who has
been brought to the ambulatory care clinic with reports of a backache.
Which initial action by the nurse is most appropriate?
Ask the child to demonstrate movements involving the back.
Ask the child's parent about when the parent was first made aware of the discomfort.
Palpate the child's back while asking the severity of discomfort being Kyle and Carman: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing experi- enced.
Ask the child when the pain started.: Ask the child when the pain started.
3.A 12-year-old client is hospitalized. Which finding will the nurse expect while providing care to this client?
uncomfortable during genital assessment
separation anxiety
refusal of treatments
inability to understand explanation: uncomfortable during genital assessment
4.A preschooler is admitted to the pediatric floor for dehydration and is frightened. Which nursing intervention would be least effective in alleviating the child's anxiety?
Encourage a caregiver to stay with the child when possible. Explain all procedures using medical terminology.
Assign the child to the same nurse each day.
Allow the child to handle the blood pressure cuff before using it.: Explain Kyle and Carman: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing all procedures using medical terminology.
5.The nurse is establishing a long-term relationship with a child who
will be seeking treatment for cancer. What is the most important factor in
this relationship? Kyle and Carman: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing
determining appointment times for meetings establishing a timeline for the relationship establishing trust
setting goals for the relationship: establishing trust
6.The nurse is preparing to conduct the cover test with a preschool-age child. Which body system is the nurse preparing to assess?
Ears
Eyes
Neck
Nose: Eyes
7.While at school, the client is called to the school nurse's office. The school nurse is performing secondary prevention interventions. Which would the nurse most likely be performing?
assessing vision checking temperature
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