Do You Know Child Life?
This is a quiz is designed to test your general knowlege of the role and services offered by a Child Life Department.
- 1.A Child Life Specialist can work in which unit?
- A.
Peds/PICU
- B.
NICU
- C.
Surgery
- D.
Emergency Department
- E.
All of the above
- 2.A Child Life Specialist is a(n):
- A.
Great Babysitter
- B.
Entertainer of Sick Children
- C.
Play Therapist
- D.
Child Develpoment Expert
- E.
Bubble and Crayon Supplier
- 3.The Child Life Specialist can:
- A.
Create a Behavioral Managment Plan
- B.
Clinically Educate and Prepare Patients/Families
- C.
Provide Therapeutic Interventions
- D.
None of the above
- E.
All of the above
- 4.Which patient would be the Child Life Specialist's LAST priority?
- A.
The patient is a psych patient.
- B.
The patient is bored with his video games and wants to pick out some new ones.
- C.
The patient's brother/sister is obviously stressed or having a difficult time coping with his/her sibling's hospitalization.
- D.
The patient is an infant.
- E.
The patient is non-compliant with meds, oral care, lab draws, etc.
- 5.Which is a 'comfort position' for an I.V. start on a 3 year old child?
- A.
Straddling parent's lap, with the patient's arm tucked under the parent's arm and extended straight out for vein access
- B.
Supine, with arms and trunk restrained by health-care workers
- C.
Swaddling
- D.
Laying on thier side, with knees pulled up to thier chest
- 6.During the time of 'magical thinking' it is very possible for a child to believe:
- A.
If they move after surgery thier stitches will break open, exposing thier internal organs.
- B.
Their loved one who died will come back eventually.
- C.
The pain they are experiencing is a punishment for a 'bad' thought they had about someone else.
- D.
All of the above
- E.
None of the above
- 7.Crying is:
- A.
Unnecessary.
- B.
Unhealthy.
- C.
An expression of immaturity.
- D.
A result of a child who is 'baby-ed' by his/ her caregivers.
- E.
A release for tension, anger, and hurt.
- 8.Research and practice have demonstrated that child life services, such as preparation and therapeutic play:
- A.
Are reccomended but not cost efficient
- B.
Help contain costs
- C.
Are billable services
- D.
Are counter-productive
- 9.The CLS uses play to:
- A.
Present information
- B.
Simply to keep the patient busy
- C.
Work through the patient's feelings
- D.
A and B
- E.
A and C
- 10.Having child life services available is considered:
- A.
A luxury
- B.
Integral to family-centered care
- C.
JCAHO's best-practice models of pediatric health care
- D.
B and C
- E.
A and B
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