Chapter 16 Care of Child and Adolescent Populations

Chapter 16   Care of Child and Adolescent Populations

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

1) While attempting to resolve an adolescent’s current health problems the population nurse decides to screen for problems that could affect functioning in school. Which screenings should the nurse implement with this adolescent? (Select all that apply.)

1. Vision.
2. Hearing.
3. Substance use.
4. Driving safety.
5. Safety in sports.

Answer:  1, 2, 3

Explanation:  1. Issues that could impact the adolescent’s ability to function in school would focus on vision, hearing, and substance use. Driving and sports safety would be topics of education to prevent injury in the adolescent.

2. Issues that could impact the adolescent’s ability to function in school would focus on vision, hearing, and substance use. Driving and sports safety would be topics of education to prevent injury in the adolescent.
3. Issues that could impact the adolescent’s ability to function in school would focus on vision, hearing, and substance use. Driving and sports safety would be topics of education to prevent injury in the adolescent.

Nursing/Int.Conc:  Nursing Process: Implementation

Client Need:  Health Promotion and Maintenance

Cognitive Level:  Application

Learning Outcome:  16-3

2) The nurse is teaching a class to recent nursing graduates who have decided to work in the area of pediatrics. The nurse explains that the most common cause of delayed motor development in this population is:

1. Lead poisoning.
2. Physical abuse.
3. Cerebral palsy.
4. Alcohol use during the third trimester.

Answer:  3

Explanation:  3. Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common developmental motor disability in children, affecting the ability to move and maintain balance and posture. Lead poisoning, physical abuse, and maternal use of alcohol during the third trimester are not identified as being the most common causes of delayed motor development in the pediatric client.

Nursing/Int.Conc:  Nursing Process: Implementation

Client Need:  Health Promotion and Maintenance

Cognitive Level:  Application

Learning Outcome:  16-1

3) The population health nurse is designing a program to educate parents of 12-year-old children. The nurse plans to explain the usual behavioral expectations of most 12-year-olds. The best description of this teaching would be that it involves:

1. Anticipatory guidance.
2. Behavior-focused teaching.
3. Developmental psychology.
4. Community-driven teaching.

Answer:  1

Explanation:  1. Anticipatory guidance involves providing information to parents and others regarding behavioral expectations of children and adolescents at a specific age, before they reach that age. The other choices are not identified methods to provide teaching.

Nursing/Int.Conc:  Nursing Process: Planning

Client Need:  Health Promotion and Maintenance

Cognitive Level:  Analysis

Learning Outcome:  16-1

4) The nurse is explaining how maintaining high rates of immunization among children not only protects individual children from disease, but also serves to protect other members of the population. This best describes:

1. Active immunity.
2. Passive immunity.
3. Acquired immunity.
4. Herd immunity.

Answer:  4

Explanation:  4. Herd immunity is the level of protection provided to unimmunized people when immunization rates are high among the rest of the population. Active immunity is the immunity resulting from the development of antibodies within the body that neutralize or destroy the infective agent. Passive immunity is immunity acquired by the introduction of preformed antibodies into an unprotected individual. Acquired immunity is immunity resulting from the development of active or passive immunity.

Nursing/Int.Conc:  Nursing Process: Implementation

Client Need:  Health Promotion and Maintenance

Cognitive Level:  Analysis

Learning Outcome:  16-1