Chapter 29- Children and Adolescents

Nursing Health Assessment A Best Practice Approach 1st edition by Jensen

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Chapter 29- Children and Adolescents

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

1. The nurse is assessing a 14-year-old boy who has reached puberty. What glands would the nurse know have become active?
  A)  Eccrine    B)  Apocrine    C)  Pineal    D)  Parathyroid

 

2. A 17-year-old male athlete comes to the clinic for a sports screening examination. He tells the nurse that he “parties” every weekend. What is the most appropriate topic for patient teaching with this patient?
  A) Safe sex practices C) Physiologic changes in adolescence
  B) Nutrition for athletes D) Drinking and driving

 

3. A 16-year-old girl shows symptoms of human papillomavirus during a health surveillance visit. What is the first action the nurse should take to educate the child about her condition?
  A) Reassure the girl that findings will remain confidential
  B) Recruit the help of the child’s parents
  C) Explain how girls are more susceptible to sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
  D) Describe all the risks of unprotected sex

 

4. An 8-year-old boy comes to the emergency department with abdominal pain. The nurse notes that when the child walks to the treatment room, he is walking on his toes. What might the nurse suspect is wrong with this child?
  A) Incarcerated hernia C) Testicular torsion
  B) Appendicitis D) Wilms’ tumor

 

5. A 13-year-old girl is visiting the pediatric clinic for leg pain. Her mother states that she has been limping for “2 to 3 weeks.” What does the nurse know needs to be ruled out? (Select all that apply.)
  A) Dislocation
  B) Compound fracture
  C) Simple fracture
  D) Graves’ disease
  E) Bone tumor

Answer Key

 

1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. A, C, E

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