Wong's Study Guide - Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing Ch. 1
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1. Which of the following is the most common cause of death and disability to children aged 1 to 4 years in the United States?
a. Fires and burns
b. Firearms
c. Unintentional injuries
d. F...
Wong's Study Guide - Perspectives of
Pediatric Nursing Ch. 1 with correct
answers.
1. Which of the following is the most common cause of death and disability to
children aged 1 to 4 years in the United States?
a. Fires and burns
b. Firearms
c. Unintentional injuries
d. Falls - correct answers.Unintentional injuries
2. Which of the following best defines the primary goal of Healthy People 2020?
a. Reduce substance and tobacco use through educative measures.
b. Increase quality and length of life, and eliminate health disparities.
c. Avoid injury and violence by adhering to preventive health outcomes.
d. Provide access to care and immunizations to avoid potential injuries and health
disparities. - correct answers.Increase quality and length of life, and eliminate health
disparities.
3. The health status of children has improved in the past few years in a number of
areas. Which best describes how the health status of children has improved? a.
Average reading scores for fourth- through eighth-grade students have increased. b.
The percentage of children living in poverty has decreased.
c. The percentage of children with at least one parent employed full time year-round
has decreased.
d. The violent crime victimization rate among youth has decreased. - correct
answers.The violent crime victimization rate among youth has decreased.
4. What is considered to be the most dramatic time of physical, motor, cognitive,
emotional, and social development?
a. Development that occurs during infancy
b. Development that occurs during gestation '
c. Development that occurs during preschool
, d. Every stage of development in a child's life - correct answers.Development that
occurs during infancy
5. Which of the following is the single most common chronic disease of childhood?
a. Cancer
b. Obesity
c. Dental caries
d. Otitis media - correct answers.Dental caries
6. Children who grow up with an inadequate intake of nutritional foods are at risk for
certain negative outcomes. Which of the following is the most recognized negative
outcome related to inadequate nutrition?
a. Infections and reading delays
b. Appropriate protein intake with a reduction in sugar and carbohydrate intake
c. Negative caloric intake with behavioral problems
d. Growth and developmental delays and depression - correct answers.Growth and
developmental delays and depression
7. Pediatric social illness is the new morbidity. Which statement best describes
pediatric social illness?
a. The behavior, social, and educational problems that children face
b. The influence of culture and society in the health disparities of children
c. The national health trend toward identifying and eliminating mental health
problems in children
d. Childhood illnesses that are a direct effect of the environment in which children
live - correct answers.The behavior, social, and educational problems that children
face
8. You are observing a nurse who is caring for a 14-year-old boy in the pediatric
clinic. Which of the following should you recognize to be the most common nutritional
problem among American children?
a. The 14-year-old boy has multiple dental caries.
b. The 14-year-old boy's body mass index is at the 97th percentile for children of the
same age.
c. The 14-year-old boy reports consuming large amounts of sugar at each meal.
d. The 14-year-old boy's height is in the 55th percentile for children of the same age.
- correct answers.The 14-year-old boy's body mass index is at the 97th percentile for
children of the same age.
9. Which of the following has surpassed motor vehicle accidents as the leading
cause of injury and mortality in children?
a. Drowning
b. Burns
c. Head injuries
d. Suicide - correct answers.Suicide
10. Define infant mortality. - correct answers.The number of deaths per 1000 live
births during the first year of life
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