[单项选择]The parents of a child being discharged from the day surgery center after insertion of tympanostomy tubes ask the nurse. "What will happen to the tubes in my child’s ears" Which of the following would be the nurse’s best response
A. "The tubes usually dissolve on their own in about 1 year. "
B. "The tubes must remain permanently in place. "
C. "You’ll probably see them fall out in about 6 months. "
D. "Call for an appointment to have them removed in about 6 months. /

[单项选择]The nurse teaches the parents of a child being treated with antibiotics for an ear infection for a follow-up visit after the child completes the course of therapy. Which of the following statements by the parents indicates that they understand the reason for the follow-up visit（　）
A. "Her hearing needs to be checked to see if the infection has done any damage. "
B. "The doctor wants to make certain she has taken all the antibiotics. "
C. "We need to make sure that her ear infection has completely cleared. "
D. "She needs to get another prescription for second course of antibiotics. /

[单项选择]A child withdraws from his piggy bank 10% of the original sum in the bank. If he must add 90￠ to bring the amount in the bank back up to the original sum, what was the original sum in the bank ？（）
A. $1.00
B. $1.90
C. $8.10
D. $9.00
E. $9.90

[单项选择]

Being an only child has little to do with a child’s social development. A recent study that followed thirty only children and thirty-five first-born children to the age of three found that the two groups of children behaved very similarly to each other toward their peers, their parents, and other adults.
Which of the following, if true, most weakens the conclusion drawn above（）

A. The groups being compared did not contain the same number of children
B. More time was spent observing the interactions of children with their mothers than with their fathers
C. Most of the researchers involved in the study were persons who had no brothers or sisters
D. The first-born children were, on the average, nearly three when their parents had the second children
E. The "other adults" described in the study consisted mainly of members of the research team

[单项选择]A young child suspected of being sexually abused says to the nurse, "Did I do something bad" The nurse’s most therapeutic reply would be（　）
A. "Who said you did something bad"
B. "What do you mean, something bad"
C. "Do you think that you did something bad"
D. "I’m not sure I would say it was something bad. /

[简答题]

Being an Only Child Is More Advantageous

You are to write in three parts:
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, support your opinion with one or two reasons.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

[单项选择] Too many vulnerable child-free adults are being ruthlessly(无情的)manipulated into parent-hood by their parents, who think that happiness among older people depends on having a grand-child to spoil. We need an organization to help beat down the persistent campaigns of grandchildless parents. It’’s time to establish Planned Grandparenthood, which would have many global and local benefits. Part of its mission would be to promote the risks and realities associated with being a grandparent. The staff would include depressed grandparents who would explain how grandkids break lamps, bite, scream and kick. Others would detail how an hour of baby-sitting often turns into a crying marathon. More grandparents would testify that they had to pay for their grandchild’’s expensive college education. Planned grandparenthood’’s carefully written literature would detail all the joys of life grand-child-free a calm living room, extra money for luxuries during the golden years, etc. Potentia
A. To encourage childless couples to have children.
B. To provide facilities and services for grandchildless parents.
C. To offer counseling to people on how to raise grandchildren.
D. To discourage people from insisting on having grandchildren.

[单项选择]An 8-year-old child with asthma is being switched from parenteral steroid therapy to a daily dose of oral prednisone. Which of the following instructions would the nurse give to the parents
A. Have the child take the dose with meals to prevent gastric irritation.
B. Make sure the pill is given intact to maintain the enteric coating.
C. Administer the dose before bedtime to minimize side effects.
D. Give the medication according to the child’s response.

[单项选择]A 10-year-old child with appendicitis is being prepared for surgery. Which of the following would be the nurse’s first action（）
A. Administer an enema.
B. Insert a nasogastric tube.
C. Obtain vital signs.
D. Administer antibiotics.

[单项选择]All our attempts to （） the child from drowning were in vain.
A. regain
B. recover
C. reserve
D. rescue

[单项选择]A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language as other people’s.（　）
A. by being corrected
B. corrected
C. the difference
D. as other people’s.