Burn’s pediatric primary Care 7th
Edition Chapter 14 Questions with
Verified Answers
The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner sees a 17-year-old client who quit smoking
almost a year prior but who reports having renewed cravings when around friends who
smoke. Using knowledge of the maintenance stage of change, the primary care
pediatric nurse practitioner will
a. go over with the adolescent about the health risks associated with smoking.
b. recommend avoiding friends who smoke and making new friends.
c. remind the adolescent about the struggles associated with quitting smoking.
d. suggest that the teen consider taking up a sport or other physical activity. -
ANSWERSd. suggest that the teen consider taking up a sport or other physical activity.
The pediatric nurse practitioner provides primary care for a special needs infant whose
parent takes an active role in the infant's care. The parent has a high school diploma
and asks many questions about her infant's treatments. Which approach will the nurse
practitioner take to ensure health literacy for this parent?
a. Ask the parent to read back all information given.
b. Encourage the parent to ask questions when confused.
c. Provide written materials presented at an 8th grade level.
d. Reinforce written information with verbal instructions. - ANSWERSa. Ask the parent
to read back all information given.
The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is counseling an obese adolescent whose
parents both have type 2 diabetes mellitus. Which health behavior prediction model is
useful when the nurse practitioner discusses lifestyle changes with this client?
a. Behavioral change model
b. Health belief model
c. Health promotion model
d. Transtheoretical model - ANSWERSb. Health belief model
The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is assessing the health literacy of the
parent of a toddler. Which tool will the nurse practitioner use to estimate reading level?
a. Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
b. Gunning Fog Index
c. Number of children's books in the home
