Exam 1: Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing

The home health nurse asks a child's mother many questions as part of the assessment. The mother answers many questions, then stops and says, "I don't know why you ask me all this. Who gets to know this information?" The nurse should take which action?

The nurse is preparing an in-service education to staff about atraumatic care for pediatric patients. Which intervention should the nurse include?

A nurse is planning a class on accident prevention for parents of toddlers. Which safety topic is the priority for this class?

A child has a postoperative appendectomy incision covered by a dressing. The nurse has just completed a prescribed dressing change for this child. Which description is an accurate documentation of this procedure?

Which is the major cause of death for children older than 1 year?

Which is now referred to as the "new morbidity"?