NURS 1495 Week 12 Pediatric Nursing Exam With
Questions And Correct Answers
What are some risk factors for infant mortality in Canada?
Risk factors include low maternal education, inadequate housing, lack of access to
healthcare, food insecurity, poverty, and unemployment.
Which children have increased morbidity rates?
Increased morbidity is found in homeless and immigrant children; children living in
poverty; Indigenous children; children in care of child services; low-birth-weight
children; children with chronic illnesses; and immigrant adopted children.
What percent of Canadian children have mental health problems?
Up to 15% of Canadian children are diagnosed with a wide variety of mental health
problems including anxiety, attention deficit, depression, addictions, autism spectrum
disorders, behavioral disorders, eating disorders, and schizophrenia.
What is the major goals of pediatric nursing in Canada?
Its major objectives are to provide quality healthcare for children in the context of the
family and to establish a relationship of trust with the child and family in a mutually
collaborative way.
Family-Centered Care Model: How does it promote pediatric care?
,The family-centered model of care identifies the family as continuous in the child's life
and supports, respects, encourages, and augments the strengths and competence of
the family while addressing the needs of all family members.
What are the principles of atraumatic care in pediatric nursing?
Atraumatic care is a type of care using therapy that minimizes psychological and
physical distress. Its principles are the avoidance or reduction of separation from the
family, maintenance of a sense of control, and reduction of bodily injury and pain.
What are some effective communication strategies with families in pediatric settings?
Communication strategies can be deemed effective if they encourage parents to talk
about a topic of interest, provide culturally sensitive responses, anticipatory guidance,
and avoidance of blocks in communication.
How can the nurse prevent blocks to communications with patients and their families?
Communication blocks can be prevented by nurses through the avoidance of not
socializing or giving advice, reassurance that is appropriate, not becoming defensive or
resorting to clichés and by open-ended questioning without interruptions or making
premature conclusions.
What techniques are utilized for establishing therapeutic relationships with children?
Techniques include the art of communication that should be tailored to the
developmental stage of the child, proper introduction of the examination and allowance
for privacy with confidentiality as one examines the child utilizing developmental and
chronological age.
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Why is vaccine hesitancy a concern in children's health?
Vaccine hesitancy results in lower vaccination status. These may sum up to causing
, resurgences of vaccine-preventable diseases and outbreaks.
How does AMR pose a risk to children's health?
Antimicrobial resistance makes infections harder to treat, increasing the risk of disease
spread, severe illness, and mortality among children.
Health Impact of Childhood Injuries
Childhood injuries are leading causes of deaths and result in significant long-term
disability, which interferes with active development of a child and also reduces quality
of life.
How does exposure to toxic stress affect children?
ACEs like toxic stress have lifetime consequences for a child's health, behavior, and
learning. Resilience can alter the effects of ACE.
What is pediatric nursing's role concerning violence and substance use in childhood?
Pediatric nurses are in a place to prevent and identify violence and substance use and
provide education and refer for further services.
Define family-centered care in pediatric nursing.
It is a model of care that respects the importance of family in a child's life, promotes
family participation in care, and enables and supports the family unit within health care.
What is the importance of atraumatic care in pediatric settings?
Atraumatic care is one of the most constructive and caring ways to minimize the stress
a child and his/her family face while undergoing medical care and hospitalization in
order to enhance the experience and outcome of healthcare.
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