Families progress through various stages of reactions when a child is diagnosed with a chronic illness or disability. After the shock phase, a period of adjustment usually follows. This is often characterized by which of the following responses?

A) Denial
B) Guilt and anger
C) Social reintegration
D) Acceptance of the child's limitations

The threat to internal validity that occurs when participating individuals have improved performance due to the knowledge that they are being watched is called:

A) Maturation
B) History
C) Regression
D) Hawthorne Effect

Which refers to those times in an individual's life when he or she is more susceptible to positive or negative influences?

A) Sensitive period
B) Sequential period
C) Terminal points
D) Differentiation points

A nurse is teaching a community group of school-aged parents about safety. Which safety item is most important for the nurse to include in the teaching session?

A) Proper fit of a bicycle helmet
B) Proper fit of soccer shin guards
C) Proper fit of swimming goggles
D) Proper fit of baseball sliding shorts

Which of the following suffixes means paralysis?

A) -rrhea
B) -lysis
C) -penia
D) -plegia

The patient has been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and placed on a low-fat diet. The patient asks the nurse, "How much fat should I have? I guess the less fat, the better." Which information will the nurse include in the teaching session?

A) Cholesterol intake needs to be less than 300 mg/day.
B) Fats have no significance in health and the incidence of disease.
C) All fats come from external sources so this can be easily controlled.
D) Deficiencies occur when fat intake falls below 10% of daily nutrition.

Mitosis is abnormal cell division.