Chapter 20 School-Age Child Flashcards
- Parents of a 7 year old boy request a discussion with the school nurse on how they can resolve the child’s nighttime enuresis. The nurse advises that nighttime enuresis:
a. Is an intentional act with a psychological basis
b. Should have consequences to eliminate the behavior
c. Is often treated with fluid restriction
d. Treatment might include an alarm and waking schedules
d. Treatment might include an alarm and waking schedule
The most common childhood school-age cancer is:
a. Retinoblastoma
b. Neuroblastoma
c. Wilm’s tumor
d. Leukemia
d. Leukemia
The school nurse teaches which of the following dietary guidelines to the parents of children and adolescents?
a. Children should consume 3 cups of fruits and vegetables per day
b. Children require 4 cups of whole milk products per day
c. Children should consume 5 ounces of steak daily
d. Children should consume 5 ounces of lean meat or beans each day
e. Children and adolescents should consume 4 to 6 ounces of grains each day
a. Children should consume 3 cups of fruits and vegetables per day
d. Children should consume 5 ounces of lean meat or beans each day
e. Children and adolescents should consume 4 to 6 ounces of grains each day
The nurse is teaching the parents of 8- and 9 year-old children about safe bicycling. The nurse emphasizes the principles of transportation safety, to include which of the following?
a. Riding on the side of the road traveling opposite to the traffic
b. Observing rules for pedestrians vs vehicular traffic
c. Wearing an approved helmet when bicycling
d. Encouraging a backpack for carrying objects to promote back and shoulder strength.
c. Wearing an approved helmet when bicycling
The nurse assessing conventional level moral development in 12-year-old children would expect to see which behaviors?
a. The child looks to others for approval.
b. The child views behavior as completely right or wrong.
c. The child behaves because there is a fear of punishment.
d. The child’s moral development is characterized by self-interest.
a. The child looks to others for approval.
Parents and caregivers who teach and model health-promotion concepts to school-age children can expect which of the following behaviors?
Select all that apply.
a. Children who develop good personal hygiene and dental care
b. Children who become passive health care consumers
c. Children who obey authority
figures and do as they are told
d. Children who make a link between behavior and improved health
e. Children who develop health values as part of education
a. Children who develop good personal hygiene and dental care
d. Children who make a link between behavior and improved health
e. Children who develop health values as part of education
The nurse discusses discipline for school-age children with a group of parents at a parent-teacher association meeting. Principles include:
Select all that apply.
a. focusing on the misbehavior in an attempt to eliminate it.
b. using distraction or substitution to avoid a problem situation.
c. ignoring the child’s whining after a decision has been made.
d. using humor to decreases the intensity of the situation.
e. modeling appropriate behavior.
f. setting age-relevant limits.
b. using distraction or substitution to avoid a problem situation.
d. using humor to decreases the intensity of the situation.
e. modeling appropriate behavior.
f. setting age-relevant limits.
According to Piaget, which of the following operations are displayed as the child begins to add flexibility and control to their thinking?
a. Formal
b. Concrete
c. Abstract
d. Egocentric
b. Concrete
The school nurse is developing an information pamphlet on prevention of obesity in school-age children. Interventions stated on the pamphlet would include which of the following?
a. Encourage child to participate in food preparation.
b. Eating permitted in front of television but only for educational programs.
c. Serve healthy food at breakfast and dinner; child is unrestricted for lunch.
d. Reward the child with fast food but only for school achievement.
e. All of the above.
a. Encourage child to participate in food preparation.
The parents of a school-age child report that their 9-year-old son walks in his sleep almost every night. The school nurse includes which of the following elements of education?
Select all that apply.
a. Sleep disturbances are more common in the preschool and school-age years.
b. Sleep disturbances occur most often in the first 1 to 2 hours after going to sleep.
c. Girls are more prone to sleep disturbances than boys.
d. Problems may be influenced by fatigue and stress within the child.
e. Sleep disturbances are usually related to respiratory problems.
a. Sleep disturbances are more common in the preschool and school-age years.
b. Sleep disturbances occur most often in the first 1 to 2 hours after going to sleep.
d. Problems may be influenced by fatigue and stress within the child.
