NSG 6435 Final Exam Study Guide
• The nurse is seeing an adolescent boy and his parents in the clinic for the first time. What should the nurse do first?
Introduce self.
• What action is most likely to encourage paren
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NSG 6435 Final Exam Study Guide
• The nurse is seeing an adolescent boy and his parents in the clinic for the first time. What should the nurse do first?
Introduce self.
• What action is most likely to encourage parents to talk about their feelings related to their child’s illness?
Use open-ended questions.
• What is the single most important factor to consider when communicating with children?
The child’s developmental level
• What is an important consideration for the nurse who is communicating with a very young child?
Use transition objects such as a doll.
• When introducing hospital equipment to a preschooler who seems afraid, the nurse’s approach should be based on which principle?
The child may think the equipment is alive.
• Which age group is most concerned with body integrity?
School-age child
• An 8-year-old girl asks the nurse how the blood pressure apparatus works. The most appropriate nursing action is to:
Explain in simple terms how it works.
• When the nurse interviews an adolescent, it is especially important to:
Allow an opportunity to express feelings.
• The nurse is having difficulty communicating with a hospitalized 6-year-old child. What technique might be most helpful?
Ask the child to draw a picture.
• The nurse is taking a health history on an adolescent. What best describes how the chief complaint should be determined?
Ask adolescent, “Why did you come here today?”
• Where in the health history should the nurse describe all details related to the chief complaint?
Present illness
• The nurse is interviewing the mother of an infant. She reports, “I had a difficult delivery, and my baby was born prematurely.” This information should be recorded under which heading?
Birth history
• When interviewing the mother of a 3-year-old child, the nurse asks about developmental milestones such as the age of walking without assistance. This should be considered because these milestones are:
An important part of the child’s past growth and development.
• The nurse is taking a sexual history on an adolescent girl. The best way to determine whether she is sexually active is to:
Ask her, “Are you having sex with anyone?”
• When doing a nutritional assessment on an Hispanic family, the nurse learns that their diet consists mainly of vegetables, legumes, and starches. The nurse should recognize that this diet:
May provide sufficient amino acids.
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