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What do mortality statistics describe?
- A. Disease occurring regularly within a geographic location
- B. The number of individuals who have died over a specific period
- C. The prevalence of specific illness in the population at a particular time
- D. Disease occurring in more than the number of expected cases in a community
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Mortality statistics refer to the number of individuals who have died over a specific period. Morbidity statistics show the prevalence of specific illness in the population at a particular time. Data regarding disease within a geographic region, or in greater than expected numbers in a community, may be extrapolated from analyzing the morbidity statistics.
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Evidence-based practice (EBP), a decision-making model, is best described as which?
- A. Using information in textbooks to guide care
- B. Combining knowledge with clinical experience and intuition
- C. Using a professional code of ethics as a means for decision making
- D. Gathering all evidence that applies to the childs health and family situation
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: EBP helps focus on measurable outcomes; the use of demonstrated, effective interventions; and questioning what is the best approach. EBP involves decision making based on data, not all evidence on a particular situation, and involves the latest available data. Nurses can use textbooks to determine areas of concern and potential involvement.
The nurse is talking to a group of parents of school-age children at an after-school program about childhood health problems. Which statement should the nurse include in the teaching?
- A. Childhood obesity is the most common nutritional problem among children.
- B. Immunization rates are the same among children of different races and ethnicity.
- C. Dental caries is not a problem commonly seen in children since the introduction of fluoridated water.
- D. Mental health problems are typically not seen in school-age children but may be diagnosed in adolescents.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: When teaching parents of school-age children about childhood health problems, the nurse should include information about childhood obesity because it is the most common problem among children and is associated with type 2 diabetes. Teaching parents about ways to prevent obesity is important to include. Immunization rates differ depending on the childs race and ethnicity; dental caries continues to be a common chronic disease in childhood; and mental health problems are seen in children as young as school age, not just in adolescents.
The school nurse is evaluating the number of school-age children classified as obese. The nurse recognizes that the percentile of body mass index that classifies a child as obese is greater than which?
- A. 50th percentile
- B. 75th percentile
- C. 80th percentile
- D. 95th percentile
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Obesity in children and adolescents is defined as a body mass index at or greater than the 95th percentile for youth of the same age and gender.
The school nurse is assessing children for risk factors related to childhood injuries. Which child has the most risk factors related to childhood injury?
- A. Female, multiple siblings, stable home life
- B. Male, high activity level, stressful home life
- C. Male, even tempered, history of previous injuries
- D. Female, reacts negatively to new situations, no serious previous injuries
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Boys have a preponderance for injuries over girls because of a difference in behavioral characteristics, a high activity temperament is associated with risk-taking behaviors, and stress predisposes children to increased risk taking and self-destructive behaviors. Therefore, a male child with a high activity level and living in a stressful environment has the highest number of risk factors. A girl with several siblings and a stable home life is low risk. A boy with previous injuries has two risk factors, but an even temper is not a risk factor for injuries. A girl who reacts negatively to new situations but has no previous serious illnesses has only one risk factor.
Which situation denotes a nontherapeutic nursepatientfamily relationship?
- A. The nurse is planning to read a favorite fairy tale to a patient.
- B. During shift report, the nurse is criticizing parents for not visiting their child.
- C. The nurse is discussing with a fellow nurse the emotional draw to a certain patient.
- D. The nurse is working with a family to find ways to decrease the familys dependence on health care providers.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Criticizing parents for not visiting in shift report is nontherapeutic and shows an underinvolvement with the parents. Reading a fairy tale is a therapeutic and age appropriate action. Discussing feelings of an emotional draw with a fellow nurse is therapeutic and shows a willingness to understand feelings. Working with parents to decrease dependence on health care providers is therapeutic and helps to empower the family.