Exam 16: Child and Adolescent Health

Which best explains why an employer would care about the health needs of local children?

A school nurse has identified that there has been an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs)among the adolescents attending the school.Which intervention should be completed by the nurse?

Which individual is most likely to be the victim of violent crime?

A school nurse is trying to decrease the effects of an incredible health crisis attacking school children.Which action would be most appropriate for the nurse to take?

How do the policies on children's health in the United States differ from the policies on children's health in other industrialized nations?

A mother is assessing the safety of toy that her toddler received as a birthday gift.Which source would provide the mother with the most accurate information?

A woman confides in the nurse that she and her husband want to become parents as soon as possible.Which statement would be the best reply from the nurse?

Which would be a source of care if families are employed at a salary above the poverty line,but at too low of an income for health insurance?

Which best describes why infant mortality rate is used as an international comparison of a country's health status?

According to the U.S.Department of Commerce,which rule must be followed by makers of toy guns?

What proportion of U.S.citizens are children?

Which action should be taken by a typical community preparing for the expected demographic changes in the United States?

Which best describes the screening tests that are completed on all newborns in the United States?

A mother was very proud that she had cut back smoking from two packs a day,which she had smoked for years,to only half a pack a day.Which would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?

Which indicator would be most informative in assessing the health of a newborn?

A school nurse is developing a health education program for third grade students about how to play safely.Which provides the best rationale for this nursing action?

Which is consistent with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)recommendations for breast-feeding?

A mother was concerned about her child dying of some childhood disease,because that is how some of her siblings died before her family came to the United States.Which would be the most appropriate response by the nurse?

A school nurse at a high school suggests that all students have an educational unit on newborn care in their required health class.Which provides the best rationale for this suggestion?

A nurse is caring for a woman,who has just found out she is pregnant.The woman begins crying and says,"But I'm not trying to get pregnant!" Should this response by the woman be concerning to the nurse?