Maternalcomplicationsspecifictotheperinatalperiodd.

Maternalcomplicationsspecifictotheperinatalperiodd.

ANS:A

Congenitalanomaliesaccountfor20.1%ofdeathsininfantsyoungerthan1yearcomparedwith suddeninfantdeathsyndrome,whichaccountsfor8.2%;disordersrelatedtoshortgestationand unspecifiedlowbirthweight,whichaccountfor16.5%;andmaternalcomplicationssuchas infectionsspecifictotheperinatalperiod,whichaccountfor6.1%ofdeathsininfantsyounger than1yearofage.DIF:CognitiveLevel:RememberingREF:dl.7TOP:NursingProcess:Planning MSC:ClientNeeds:HealthPromotionandMaintenance 3.Whatisthemajorcauseofdeathforchildrenolderthan1yearintheUnitedStates?Heartdiseasea.

• Childhoodcancer

Unintentionalinjuries Congenitalanomalies c.d.

ANS:C

..Test Bank for Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 11e by Marilyn Hockenberry, David Wilson, Cheryl Rodgers (All Chapters Download link at the end of this File) Chapter 1. Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• The clinic nurse is reviewing statistics on infant mortality for the United States versus other

countries. Compared with other countries that have a population of at least 25 million, the nurse makes which determination?

• The United States is ranked last among 27 countries.
• The United States is ranked similar to 20 other developed countries.
• The United States is ranked highest among 27 other industrialized countries.

AN c S .

: A

The United States is ranked in the middle of 20 other developed countries.Although the death rate has decreased, the United States still ranks last in infant mortality among nations with a population of at least 25 million. The United States has the highest infant death rate of developed nations.DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: dl. 6 TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Ghent Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

• Which is the leading cause of death in infants younger than 1 year in the United States?
• Congenital anomalies
• Sudden infant death syndrome
• Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight 1 / 2

Unintentionalinjuries(accidents)aretheleadingcauseofdeathafterage1yearthrough adolescence.Theleadingcauseofdeathforthoseyoungerthan1yeariscongenitalanomalies, andchildhoodcancersandheartdiseasecauseasignificantlylowerpercentageofdeathsin childrenolderthan1yearofage.DIF:CognitiveLevel:UnderstandingREF:dl.7TOP:NursingProcess:Planning MSC:ClientNeeds:HealthPromotionandMaintenance 4.Inadditiontoinjuries,whataretheleadingcausesofdeathinadolescentsages15to19years?Suicideandcancer Suicideandhomicide Drowningandcancer Homicideandheartdisease a.b.c.d.

ANS:B

Suicideandhomicideaccountfor16.7%ofdeathsinthisagegroup.Suicideandcanceraccount for10.9%ofdeaths,heartdiseaseandcanceraccountforapproximately5.5%,andhomicideand heartdiseaseaccountfor10.9%ofthedeathsinthisagegroup.DIF:CognitiveLevel:RememberingREF:dl.7TOP:NursingProcess:Planning MSC:ClientNeeds:HealthPromotionandMaintenance 5.Thenurseisplanningateachingsessiontoadolescentsaboutdeathsbyunintentionalinjuries.Whichshouldthenurseincludeinthesessionwithregardtodeathscausedbyinjuries?Moredeathsoccurinmales.Moredeathsoccurinfemales.Thepatternofdeathsdoesnotvaryaccordingtoageandsex.Thepatternofdeathsdoesnotvarywidelyamongdifferentethnicgroups.a.b.c.d.

ANS:A

Themajorityofdeathsfromunintentionalinjuriesoccurinmales.Thepatternofdeathdoesvary greatlyamongdifferentethnicgroups,andthecausesofunintentionaldeathsvarywithageand gender.DIF:CognitiveLevel:ApplyingREF:pp.7-8 TOP:IntegratedProcess:Teaching/Leaming MSC:ClientNeeds:HealthPromotionandMaintenance 6.Whatdomortalitystatisticsdescribe?Diseaseoccurringregularlywithinageographiclocationa.

• Thenumberofindividualswhohavediedoveraspecificperiod

Theprevalenceofspecificillnessinthepopulationataparticulartime Diseaseoccurringinmorethanthenumberofexpectedcasesinacommunity c.d.

ANS:B

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.DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering REF: dl. 3 TOP: Nursing Process: PlanningMSC: Client

Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance

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