Exam 8: Health Promotion for the School-Age Child

A nurse is assessing an 8-year-old child.Which finding leads the nurse to conduct further assessment?

A parent reports getting annoyed with a 6-year-old child who seems to always get cranky and irritable when playing with friends.What suggestion by the nurse is best?

A school-age child got a hand-knitted sweater from a relative as a gift.The child refuses to wear it,and it is causing a great deal of conflict in the family as the relative wants to see the child in it.What information can the nurse provide the family about this issue?

Which interventions should the nurse teach that are appropriate for preventing childhood obesity? (Select all that apply.)

Which demonstrates the school-age child's developing logic in the stage of concrete operations? (Select all that apply.)

The student nurse learns that which factors place children at risk for malocclusion? (Select all that apply.)

Which does the nurse teach as an appropriate disciplinary intervention for the school-age child?

A school nurse reports to the parents that their child is complaining of frequent headaches.What suggestion does the nurse offer to the parents?

Which statement is the most accurate about moral development in the 9-year-old school-age child?

The school nurse has been asked to begin teaching sex education in the 5th grade.The nurse should recognize that

A parent of a chubby 8-year-old wants to know how to keep the child from gaining more weight.What response by the nurse is best?

A nurse is interested in preventing injuries to children while they play.What action by the nurse would most likely lead to the biggest impact?

An 8-year-old girl tells the nurse that she has cancer because God is punishing her for "being bad." She shares her concern that if she dies,she will go to hell.What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A group of boys ages 9 and 10 years have formed a "boys-only" club that is open to neighborhood and school friends who have skateboards.This should be interpreted as

Which strategies can a nurse teach to parents of a child experiencing uncomplicated school refusal? (Select all that apply.)

A school nurse is teaching a health class for 5th grade children.The nurse plans to include which statement to best describe growth in the early school-age period?

The nurse teaches parents signs that a child might be being bullied or otherwise victimized.What signs does the nurse include in this teaching? (Select all that apply.)

The ability to mentally understand that 1 + 3 = 4 and 4 - 1 = 3 occurs in which stage of cognitive development?

A 9-year-old girl often comes to the school nurse complaining of stomach pains.Her teacher says she is completing her schoolwork satisfactorily,but lately she has been somewhat aggressive and stubborn in the classroom.What action by the school nurse is most appropriate?

A nurse is assessing an older school-age child recently admitted to the hospital.Which assessment does the nurse perform to determine if child is in an appropriate stage of cognitive development?