Chapter 07: Health Promotion for the School Age Child

Chapter 07: Health Promotion for the School Age Child

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

1. Which of the following statements made by a mother of a school-age boy indicates a need for further teaching?

a.	“My child is playing soccer this year.”
b.	“He is always busy with his friends playing games. He is very active.”
c.	“I limit his television watching to about 2 hours a day.”
d.	“I am glad his coach is a good role model. He emphasizes the importance of winning in today’s society. The kids really are disciplined.”

 

 

ANS:   D

 

	Feedback
A	Team sports such as soccer are appropriate for exercise and refinement of motor skills.
B	School-age children need to participate in physical activities, which contribute to their physical fitness skills and well-being.
C	Limiting television to 2 hours a day is an appropriate restriction. School-age children should be encouraged to participate in physical activities.
D	Team sports are important for the development of sportsmanship and teamwork and for exercise and refinement of motor skills. A coach who emphasizes winning and strict discipline is not appropriate for children in this age group.

 

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Evaluation              REF:    Text Reference: pg 167

OBJ:    Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

2. Which of the following behaviors is not demonstrated in the school-age child?

a.	Experiments with profanity and dirty jokes
b.	Laughs at silly jokes and enjoys using words
c.	Understands that pouring liquid from a small to large container does not change the amount
d.	Engages in fantasy and magical thinking

 

 

ANS:   D

 

	Feedback
A	The school-age child goes through a period in which profanity and dirty jokes are explored. This behavior is not unusual for the school-age child.
B	The school-age child has a sense of humor. His increased language mastery and increased logic allow for appreciation of plays on words, jokes, and incongruities.
C	The school-age child understands that properties of objects do not change when their order, form, or appearance does.
D	The preschool child engages in fantasy and magical thinking. The school-age child moves away from this type of thinking and becomes more skeptical and logical. Belief in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny ends in this period of development.

 

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analysis                  REF:    Text Reference: pg 168

OBJ:    Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

3. The ability to mentally understand that 1 + 3 = 4 and 4 – 1 = 3 occurs in which stage of cognitive development?

a.	Concrete operations stage
b.	Formal operations stage
c.	Intuitive thought stage
d.	Preoperations stage

 

 

ANS:   A

 

	Feedback
A	By 7 to 8 years of age, the child is able to retrace a process (reversibility) and has the skills necessary for solving mathematical problems. This stage is called concrete operations.
B	The formal operations stage deals with abstract reasoning and does not occur until adolescence.
C	Thinking in the intuitive stage is based on immediate perceptions. A child in this stage often solves problems by random guessing.
D	In preoperational thinking, the child is usually able to add 1 + 3 = 4 but is unable to retrace the process

 

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge             REF:    Text Reference: pg 168

OBJ:    Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance

 

4. Which activity is most appropriate for developing fine motor skills in the school-age child?

a.	Drawing
b.	Singing
c.	Soccer
d.	Swimming

 

 

ANS:   A

 

	Feedback
A	Activities such as drawing, building models, and playing a musical instrument increase the school-age child’s fine motor skills.
B	Singing is an appropriate activity for the school-age child, but it does not increase fine motor skills.
C	The school-age child needs to participate in group activities to increase both gross motor skills and social skills but group activities do not increase fine motor skills.
D	Swimming is an activity that also increases gross motor skills.

 

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analysis                  REF:    Text Reference: pg 168

OBJ:    Nursing Process Step: Evaluation

MSC:   NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance