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1. IMCI is an integrated approach to child SITUATION: Aina is 10 months old. She

health that focuses on the well-being of the weighs 8 kg. Her temperature is 38.5 deg C.
whole child. The following are steps She is here today because she has had
included in the IMCI strategy except: diarrhea for 3 days. Aina does not have any
A. Classify the illness. general danger signs. She does not have
B. Assessing children 5 years old above for cough or difficult breathing. The child drank
major symptoms. normally when offered some water and
C. Treating the child. does not seem thirsty. She does not have
D. Counseling and follow-up care. sunken eyes. Skin pinch goes back
immediately.
2. When a sick infant or child is brought to
the health center for consultation, the initial 7. Aina is classified under:
action of the nurse is to assess for danger A. NO DEHYDRATION
signs which include checking the following B. SOME DEHYDRATION
except: C. SEVERE DEHYDRATION
A. Is the child able to drink or breastfeed? D. VERY SEVERE DEHYDRATION
B. Has the child had convulsions?
C. Does the child vomit everything? 8. She is classified under what color?
D. Is the child passing watery stool A. Red
frequently? B. Pink.
C. Yellow
3. The major symptoms being assessed in D. Green
IMCI includes all of the following except:
A. Cough 9. Treatment would include all of the
B. Fever following except:
C. Diarrhea A. Give extra fluid.
D. Anemia B. Breastfeed frequently.
C. Follow up in 7 days if not improving.
4. When assessing for the elasticity of the D. Give Zinc supplement 1 tablet 20 mg for
skin, Nurse Mona should perform this in the 14 days
abdomen with the fold of the skin:
A. Horizontal to the child’s body 10. For every loose stool, Aina should be
B. Diagonal to the child’s body given how much extra fluid?
C. Vertical to the child’s body A. 25 ml to 50 ml after each loose stool
D. In different directions with the child’s B. 100 ml to 125 ml after each loose stool
body C. 50 ml to 100 ml after each loose stool
D. 125 to 150 ml after each loose stool
5. Generally speaking, a child is considered
seriously ill if he/she possesses: SITUATION: Jojo has had diarrhea for five
A. All of the four general danger signs days. He has no blood in the stool. He is
(GDS) irritable. The health worker offers Jojo some
B. All of the four main symptoms water, and the child drinks poorly. His eyes
C. One or more GDS are not sunken. No general danger signs.
D. Weight problem Skin pinch goes back immediately.

6. Signs of good attachment include: (1) 11. Jojo is classified under what category?
Child’s chin touching breast, (2) Child’ s A. NO DEHYDRATION
mouth wide open, (3) Child’ s tongue B. SOME DEHYDRATION
protrudes in-between sucking, (4) Child’ s C. SEVERE DEHYDRATION
lower lip turned outward, (5) Child sucks D. VERY SEVERE DEHYDRATION
with characteristic sound, (6) More areola is
visible above than below the mouth. 12. Jojo is under what color code?
A. 1, 3, 5, 6 A. Pink
B. 1, 2, 4, 6 B. Red
C. 1, 2, 3, 4 C. Yellow
D. All of the above D. Green
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13. Which of the following foods for 19. If a child is classified under SEVERE
dehydration is least likely to be offered to PNEUMONIA, the management should be
Jojo? to:
A. Rice water A. Soothe the throat.
B. Buko juice B. Instruct the mother to increase fluid
C. Orange juice intake.
D. Soups C. Refer him urgently to the hospital.
D. Instruct the mother to continue
14. While giving the ORS, Jojo vomits. The breastfeeding.
mother should be taught to:
A. Immediately give another ORS, but more SITUATION: Andoy is a 3-week-old infant.
slowly. His weight is 3.6 kg. His axillary
B. Call the health center and ask for another temperature is 36.5 deg C. He is brought to
way of giving ORS. the health center because he is having
C. Mix 2 tbsp of sugar to the ORS. difficulty breathing. His mother says
D. Wait for 10 mins. Then continue, but that Andoy has not had any convulsions.
more slowly. The health worker counts 74 breaths per
minute. He repeats the count. The second
15. If a child is classified under SEVERE count is 70 breaths per minute. He finds
DEHYDRATION, the health worker should mild chest indrawing and nasal flaring. He
first: has no grunting. The fontanel does not
A. Refer the child immediately. bulge. There is no pus in his ears, the
B. Give fluids using NGT. umbilicus is normal, there are no skin
C. Proceed with Plan A pustules. Andoy is calm and awake, and his
D. Advise the mother to return after 5 days. movements are normal. He does not have
diarrhea.
SITUATION: Boboy is 6 months old. He
weighs 5.5 kg. His temperature is 38 deg C. 20. Andoy is classified under:
His mother said he has had cough for 2 A. VERY SEVERE DISEASE
days. Boboy is able to breastfeed. He has B. SEVERE DISEASE OR LOCAL
no general danger signs. His respiration is INFECTION UNLIKELY
58 breaths per minute. There is no C. LOCAL BACTERIAL INFECTION
chest indrawing, and no stridor. D. SEVERE PNEUMONIA

16. Boboy is classified under: 21. Treatment plan for Andoy would include:
A. SEVERE PNEUMONIA or VERY A. Give the first dose of intramuscular
SEVERE DISEASE antibiotic.
B. PNEUMONIA B. Treat to prevent low blood sugar.
C. NO PNEUMONIA: COUGH or COLD C. Refer urgently to the hospital.
D. VERY SEVERE PNEUMONIA D. All of the above

17. The first- line of antibiotic to be 22. Upon history taking and assessment
administered as part of the pre- referral you found out that Moja has pus draining
treatment to Boboy is: from his ears and is complaining of ear pain
A. Amoxicillin for the past 10 days. What color in the IMCI
B. Tetracycline row would you classify his condition?
C. Cotrimoxazole A. Pink
D. Nalidixic Acid B. Yellow
C. Green
18. Which of the following findings should D. Red
be present to classify a patient to SEVERE
PNEUMONIA? 23. Under IMCI, an ear discharge that has
A. Dyspnea been present for less than 14 days can be
B. Wheezing classified as:
C. Fast breathing A. Complicated ear infection
D. Chest indrawing B. Acute ear infection
C. Chronic ear infection
D. Mastoiditis
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24. Nurse Ana is teaching a mother on how SITUATION: Budoy, a 5-year-old child, has
to wick her child’ s ear. Nurse Ana diarrhea for 2 days with a frequency of 6- 7
determines that the mother understood her times per day. Assessment revealed that he
instructions if she retells the correct has sunken eyes, vomits everything he ate,
sequence of the procedure: (1) Remove the difficult to feed and considered as lethargic.
wick when wet, (2) Replace the wick with a
clean one and repeat this procedure, (3) 29. Based on the assessment, Budoy is
Roll clean absorbent cloth or soft, strong classified under:
tissue paper into a wick, (4) Place the wick A. NO DEHYDRATION
in the child’s ear. B. SOME DEHYDRATION
A. 3, 4, 2, 1 C. SEVERE DEHYDRATION
B. 3, 4, 1, 2 D. VERY SEVERE DEHYDRATION
C. 4, 3, 2, 1
D. 4, 3, 1, 2 30. A 3-year-old child is complaining of
tender swelling behind his right ear. The
25. Assessment of a 2- year old child health worker should:
revealed “baggy pants”. Using the IMCI A. Advise the mother to go to the
guidelines, how will you manage this child? nearest hospital.
A. Refer the child urgently to a hospital B. Advise the mother for follow up in 3
for confinement. days.
B. Coordinate with the social worker to C. Dry the ear by wicking.
enroll the child in a feeding program. D. Give the child chloramphenicol.
C. Make a teaching plan for the mother,
focusing on menu planning for her child. SITUATION: A 3-week-old infant is rushed
D. Assess and treat the child for health to the health center. The infant has a red
problems like infections and intestinal umbilicus. No convulsions, no chest
parasitism. indrawing, the temperature is
37 degrees Celsius. Not abnormally sleepy
26. During the physical examination of a or difficult to awaken.
young child, what is the earliest sign of
xerophthalmia that you may observe? 31. The infant is classified under:
A. Keratomalacia A. Pink row
B. Corneal opacity B. Green row
C. Night blindness C. Yellow row
D. Bitot’s spot D. Red row

SITUATION: 3-year-old Baby Benjamin was 32. Appropriate treatment for this infant
brought in for a check-up. He had a would include:
high-grade fever of (39 C) for 3 days. He A. Refer to the hospital.
had no cough and colds. He is lethargic and B. Give oral antibiotic for 5 days.
has stiff neck. He lives in a place with C. Follow up in 2 days.
known Malaria cases. D. Both B and C

27. Baby Benjamin will fall in what SITUATION: A health worker is assessing a
category? 3-week-old infant, who is breastfeeding, for
A. MALARIA UNLIKELY feeding problem. While breastfeeding, the
B. FEVER health worker sits quietly and watches the
C. VERY SEVERE FEBRILE infant breastfeed. The infant’s chin is not
DISEASE/MALARIA touching the breast, there is more areola
D. NO MALARIA visible below the infant’ s mouth than
above it. The mother reports less than 8
28. Baby Benjamin would be given a first breastfeeds in 24 hours.
dose of this second- line of drug under 33. The young infant is classified under:
medical supervision or if a hospital is not A. NOT ABLE TO FEED- POSSIBLE
accessible within 4 hours: SERIOUS BACTERAIL INFECTION
A. Chloramphenicol B. NO FEEDING PROBLEM
B. Quinine C. FEEDING PROBLEM OR LOW
C. Cotrimoxazole WEIGHT
D. Tetracycline D. VERY SERIOUS FEEDING PROBLEM
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34. Appropriate management would include: SITUATION: The World Health Organization
A. Advise the mother to increase (WHO), hand in hand with UNICEF and
frequency of breastfeeding. other agencies, developed a strategy known
B. Refer urgently to the hospital. as the Integrated Management of Childhood
C. Treat to prevent low blood sugar. Illness
D. Give ORS (IMCI). The strategies used in IMCI are not
only focused on the needs of curative care
35. The nurse assesses for chest indrawing but it also answers aspects of nutrition,
and knows which of the following is true immunization, and other important elements
about chest indrawing? of disease prevention and health promotion.
A. It must be clearly visible and present The following questions are
only during crying and feeding. about IMCI.
B. It is more accurate if assessed as the
child is in upright position. 39. Most classification tables have three
C. It is when the intercostals area goes rows.The colored rows signify the severity
OUT as the child breaths IN. of the illness. If a child is to be treated with
D. It involves only the lower and upper home treatment this is classified under what
chest wall (subcostal). color?
A. Pink
36. Dwyane has had diarrhea for a week B. Yellow
and he is very irritable with sunken eyeballs, C. Blue
but no blood in the stool. When the nurse D. Green
pinches the skin on the child’ s abdomen, it
goes back slowly. His parents tell the nurse 40. The following assessments are to be
that he is eager to drink whenever they offer done prior to checking of general danger
fluids. These signs are classified on to what signs, except:
type of dehydration? A. Determine the age of the child.
A. SEVERE DEHYDRATION B. Assess if the child has cough or
B. VERY SEVERE DEHYDRATION difficulty of breathing.
C. SOME DEHYDRATION C. Ask the mother what the problems is/are
D. NO DEHYDRATION of the child.
D. Determine if it is an initial or follow – up
37. After administration of additional fluids, visit.
the child vomits, the mother correctly
understood the nurse instruction if she did 41. Use the steps on the ASSESS AND
which of the following? CLASSIFY THE SICK CHILD chart for
A. Stop the feeding and bring the child to ages:
the health center. A. 1 week to 2 months old
B. Let the child lie down on his side. B. 1 week to 5 years old
C. Pause for 10 minutes and resume C. 2 months to 5 years old
more slowly. D. anyone under 5 years old
D. Discontinue the feeding until Miguelito
ask for water 42. Which of the following findings indicate
. fast breathing?
38. In assessing severe palmar pallor, the A. Respiratory rate of 50 or more breaths
nurse would be right if she is looking for a for a 15-month-old child.
palm that is: B. Respiratory rate of 40 or more breaths
A. Paper white for a 2-month-old child.
B. Paper white with a tinge of pink C. Respiratory rate of 50 or more breaths
C. Acrocyanotic for a 2-week-old infant.
D. None of the above D. Respiratory rate of 60 or more
breaths for a 6-week-old infant.
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43. The first- line antibiotic administered as 50. Under IMCI, an ear discharge that has
part of the pre-referral treatment to a child been present for less than 14 days can be
with SEVERE PNEUMONIA OR VERY classified as:
SEVERE DISEASE is: A. Complicated ear infection
A. Amoxycillin B. Acute ear infection
B. Tetracycline C. Chronic ear infection
C. Cotrimoxazole D. Mastoiditis
D. Nalidixic Acid
51. Under IMCI, a child who no dehydration
44. A child with SEVERE PNEUMONIA will needs home treatment. Which of the
manifest which of the following? following is not included in instructions for
A. Dyspnea home treatment/home treatment care?
B. Wheezing A. Know when to return to the health
C. Fast breathing center.
D. Chest indrawing B. Give oresol every 4 hours.
C. Give the child extra fluids.
45. Chest indrawing is defined as: D. Continue feeding the child.
A. Lower chest wall goes in when the child
breathes in. 52. Under IMCI, a child who has had
B. Lower chest wall goes in when the child diarrhea for 14 days but has no signs of
breathes out. dehydration is classified as:
C. Lower chest wall goes out when the child A. Severe dysentery
breathes out. B. Severe persistent diarrhea
D. Lower chest wall goes out when the child C. Dysentery
breathes in. D. Persistent diarrhea

46. A child with fever has an axillary 53. Muymuy has had diarrhea for 5 days.
temperature of at LEAST? There is no blood in the stool, he is irritable.
A. 37.5 degrees Celsius His eyes are sunken. The nurse offers fluid
B. 37.6 degrees Celsius to the child and he drinks eagerly. When the
C. 37.7 degrees Celsius nurse pinched the abdomen, it goes back
D. 37.8 degrees Celsius slowly. Considering the classifications under
IMCI, how will you classify Muymuy’ s
47. Under IMCI, children with severe illness?
disease are referred to the hospital A. No dehydration
especially if the child manifests which of the B. Moderate dehydration
following? C. Severe dehydration
A. Wheezing D. Some dehydration
B. Stopped feeding well.
C. Difficult to awaken. 54. Under IMCI, which of the following
D. Fast breathing classifications requires a follow up visit in 14
days?
48. Under IMCI, a child with ear problem A. ANEMIA
should be assessed for the following except: B. VERY LOW WEIGHT FOR AGE
A. Ear pain C. CHRONIC EAR INFECTION
B. Is there any fever? D. FEVER: MALARIA UNLIKELY, if fever
C. Ear discharge persists
D. If discharge is present for how long?
55. In breastfeeding, the following are
49. Under IMCI, if the child does not have principles for good attachment, except:
ear problem, using IMCI, what should you A. Mouth wide open
as the nurse do? B. More areola visible below than above the
A. Check for tender swellings, behind the mouth
ear. C. Chin touching the breast.
B. Check for ear discharge. D. Lower lip turned outward.
C. Go the next question, check for
malnutrition.
D. Check for ear pain.
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56. In dehydration using PLAN B, how much 61. A mother or any significant other usually
of the ORS will you give to a child who brings the child to the health center because
weighs 10 kg in the first 4 hours? the child is sick. When you see the mother
A. 450 ml with her sick child you should first:
B. 550 ml A. Greet the mother appropriately.
C. 650 ml B. Ask the child’s age.
D. 750 ml C. Ask what the child’s problem is.
D. Determine if this is an initial or follow- up
57. The correct sequence in performing the visit for this problem.
case management process is: (1) Give
follow- up care, (2) Classify the illness, (3) SITUATION: Baby Gee is 10 months old.
Identify the treatment, (4) Assess the She is coughing for 3 days. She is not
child/young infant, (5) Counsel the mother, vomiting. There is no convulsion, and she is
(6) Treat the child/refer. not abnormally sleepy. Her RR is 45 breaths
A. 4, 2, 3, 6, 5, 1 per minute.
B. 4, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5
C. 4, 2, 3, 1, 5, 6 62. Nurse Hannah asks the mother if this is
D. 4, 2, 3, 1, 5, 6 the child’ s first visit. The mother replies,
“Opo, unang bisita namin dito sa health
58. A nurse is a community health nurse. center.” Based on the mother’s statement,
Her approach in dealing with childhood the health worker documents this as:
illnesses is guided by the principles stated A. An initial visit
in her IMCI manual. Which is not included? B. Follow-up visit
A. All sick children must be routinely C. Chief complaint
assessed for major symptoms. D. Follow through visit.
B. A combination of individual signs
leads to a child’s diagnosis. 63. Based on the assessment, the
C. The IMCI guidelines address most, but appropriate
not all, of the major reasons a sick child treatment for this child is:
is brought to a clinic. A. Plan A
D. The guidelines under IMCI do not B. Plan B
describe the management of trauma or C. Plan C
other acute emergencies due to D. Refer to the hospital.
accidents or injuries.
64. Baby Gee is classified under:
59. A classification in IMCI table that means A. Pink row
the child does not need specific medical B. Yellow row
treatment. And the health worker teaches C. Green row
the mother how to care for her child at D. Red row
home:
A. Pink SITUATION: A three-year-old child has had
B. Yellow diarrhea for three days. There is no blood in
C. Red the stool. The child is drinking poorly. He is
D. Green not abnormally sleepy. And the skin pinch
goes back slowly.
60. Which of the following findings indicate
fast breathing? 65. The child is classified under:
A. An 18-month-old child with a respiratory A. VERY SEVERE DEHYDRATION
rate of 35 B. SEVERE DEHYDRATION
B. A 2-month-old infant with a C. SOME DEHYDRATION
respiratory rate of 55 D. NO DEHYDRATION
C. A 2-month-old child with a respiratory
rate of 45 66. Treatment for the child would include:
D. A 6-week-old infant with a respiratory A. Plan A
rate of 50 B. Plan B
C. Plan C
D. Plan D
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67. For every loose stool the mother should SITUATION: Shibang is 3 years old. She
give how many extra fluids to the child? weighs 14.5 kg. Her temperature is
37-degree C. Her mother came to the health
A. 25 ml
center today because
B. 25 to 50 ml Shibang has been sick for the last two days.
C. 50 to 100 ml She was crying last night and complained
D. 100 to 200 ml that her ear was hurting. She has no GDS.
Shibang does not have cough or difficulty
breathing. She does not have diarrhea and
SITUATION: Minion is 3 years old. She has fever. The health worker does not see any
had diarrhea for 15 days. Minion has no pus draining for the child’s ear. There is a
general danger signs. She does not have tender swelling behind the child’ s left ear.
difficulty breathing. There is no blood in the
stool. She is restless and skin pinch 72. The health worker record Shibang’ s
goes back very slowly. sign of ear problem and classify them as:
A. Acute ear infection
68. Minion is classified as having: B. Chronic ear infection
A. VERY SEVERE PERSISTENT C. Mastoiditis
DIARRHEA D. No ear infection
B. PERSISTENT DIARRHEA
C. SEVERE PERSISTENT DIARRHEA 73. If Shibang has pus draining in her ear
D. DYSENTERY for 15 days and no ear pain instead of
having tenderness behind the left ear, she is
69. If Minion has blood in the stool, he is classified under:
classified under: A. Acute ear infection
A. VERY SEVERE PERSISTENT B. Chronic ear infection
DIARRHEA C. Mastoiditis
B. PERSISTENT DIARRHEA D. No ear infection
C. SEVERE PERSISTENT DIARRHEA
D. DYSENTERY 74. Under CHRONIC EAR INFECTION
classification, appropriate management
SITUATION: Mitsui, 2-year-old, is brought to would include:
the health center because he has felt hot for A. Oral antibiotic for 5 days
2 days. There is malaria risk. He does not B. Urgent referral to hospital
have general danger signs. He does not C. Dry the ear by wicking.
have a cough, difficulty breathing or D. No treatment necessary
diarrhea. He has a runny nose, and
the blood smear was negative. 75. As you wick the child’ s ear, you should
tell the mother to:
70. This child is classified as having: A. Use a piece of bond paper for making a
A. VERY SEVERE FEBRILE wick.
DISEASE/MALARIA B. Carefully rotate the wick to completely
B. FEVER: MALARIA UNLIKELY remove the pus.
C. MALARIA C. Use a cotton- tipped applicator for
D. COUGH OR COLD wicking.
D. Place the wick in the child’ s ear until
71. The first line antimalarial drug is: the wick is wet.
A. Artemether-Lumefantrine
B. Chloroquine 76. The mother asks the health worker, “
C. Primaquine Pagkatapos maubos ng luga, ano pa ang
D. Sulfadoxine ilalagay ko sa tainga nya?” The health
worker accurately responds by saying:
A. “Lagyan nyo po ng baby oil ang tainga
nya pagkatapos nitong matuyo” tangina
B. “Lagyan nyo po ng bulak ang tainga nya
pagkatapos matanggal ang luga”
C. “Wala na pong ilalagay sa tainga ng
anak niyo pagkatapos matuyo ito”
D. “Buhusan nyo po ng maligamgam na
tubig para malinis ng mabuti ang tainga
nya”
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77. A child who is 10 months old and 82. A child who was found to have
breastfeeding should be given with what pneumonia was being treated appropriately
complementary foods? in the rural health center. After parental
A. Flaked fish, malunggay, peanuts counseling about the disease the child was
B. Steamed tokwa, mashed vegetables,egg discharged. The mother is instructed to
yolk return to the health center after:
C. Pulverized roasted dilis, squash, banana A. One day
D. Monggo, camote, boiled yellow corn B. Two days
C. 30 days
78. The following except one are D. 14 days
recommendations for a child who is not
feeding well during illness: 83. To effectively and accurately assess for
A. Breastfeed the child more frequently, chest indrawing the nurse should be aware
and for a longer time at each feed. of the principle of respiratory assessment.
B. Give the child soft, varied and Which is not true is assessing chest
appetizing foods, as well as the child’s indrawing?
favorite foods. A. It is when the intercostals areas goes IN
C. Clear the child’ s blocked nostrils if they when the child breaths IN.
interfere with feedings. B. It is more accurate if assessed as the
D. Follow-up any feeding problem in 10 child is lying flat.
days. C. It must be clearly visible and present all
the time and not only during crying and
79. What is the sign that the infant is feeding.
sucking effectively during breastfeeding? D. It involves only the lower chest wall
A. The infant suckles with slow deep (subcostal) and not all the areas in
sucks and sometimes pauses. between the ribs.
B. There is cheek indrawing.
C. The infant is taking a rapid, shallow suck. 84. The mother and her 12- month- old
D. Silent sucking infant return to the clinic after 3 days
because the symptoms are not relieved.
80. In Integrated Management of Childhood The infant developed stridor and was not
Illness (IMCI), severe conditions generally able to breast feed. Part of the management
require urgent referral to a hospital. Which in this situation is giving Vitamin A
of the following severe conditions DOES supplements.
NOT always require urgent referral to a Based on the child’ s age the dose of the
hospital? Vitamin A to be given is:
A. Mastoiditis A. 10, 000 IU
B. Severe dehydration B. 100, 000 IU
C. Severe pneumonia C. 200, 000 IU
D. Severe febrile disease D. 1 capsule

81. Dolor brought her 2- year- old daughter 85. Johnny, a 3- year- old, was brought to
to the health center because of 2 days the RHU by her mother because of
cough and 3 days colds. On assessment, diarrhea. On assessment, the child is playful
the nurse counted the child’ s respiration to and alert. Which of the following will you not
be 56 cycle/minute. Based on this finding, advise the boy’s mother?
the following statements are true and A. Boil water for formula for 15-30 minutes.
applicable: (A) The child has pneumonia, B. Tell the mother she can give the child a
(B) The child must be referred to the banana to eat.
hospital immediately, (C) Soothe the throat C. Stop giving milk as it worsens diarrhea.
and relieve cough with a safe remedy, (D) D. Instruct the mother to return the child to
The child can be treated at home. the RHU after 3 days.
A. A, B, C
B. A, C, D
C. B, C
D. C, D
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86. As Johnny or a child comes to the clinic 93. Upon history taking and assessment
complaining of diarrhea the nurse should: you found out that Syd is having pus
draining from his ears and is complaining of
A. Classify for dehydration.
ear pain for the past 10 days. What color in
B. Child is restless and irritable. the IMCI row would you classify his
C. Ask how long the diarrhea has been condition?
present. A. Pink
D. All of the above. B. Yellow
C. Green
D. Red
87. Based on Johnny’ s presented
condition, he was classified in the green 94. Under IMCI, an ear discharge that has
row. He was sent home after the nurse been present for less than 14 days can be
classified as:
counseled his mother with regards to the 4
A. Complicated ear infection
rules of home treatment. Which of the B. Acute ear infection
following is not included? C. Chronic ear infection
A. Give extra fluid. D. Mastoiditis
B. Give Vitamin A supplement.
95. You advise and instruct Syd’ s mother to
C. Continue feeding. wick his ears to remove the discharges. As
D. When to return. a nurse, you determine that the mother
understands your instruction after she
88. To check for the skin turgor of a child retells the correct sequence of the
having diarrhea, the nurse will: procedure: (1) Remove the wick when wet,
A. Pinch the child’s abdomen. (2) Replace the wick with a clean one and
B. Pinch the child’s outer upper arm. repeat this procedure, (3) Roll clean
C. Apply pressure on the skin at the foot absorbent cloth or soft, strong tissue paper
area. into a wick, (4) Place the wick in the child’s
D. Look for sunken eyes. ear.
A. 3, 4, 2, 1
89. Part of the discharge counseling done to B. 3, 4, 1, 2
Johnny’ s mother, the nurse would conclude C. 4, 3, 2, 1
that she understands the teaching with D. 4, 3, 1, 2
regards to the child’ s need for additional
fluid intake when she states that she needs 96. After classifying Syd’ s condition, you
to give additional fluids to his child will advise his mother to return to the clinic
amounting of: for a follow up check- up after how many
A. 50 to 100 ml after each loose stool days?
B. 150 to 200 ml after each loose stool A. 2 days
C. 100 to 200 ml after each loose stool B. 5 days
D. 50 to 200 ml after each loose stool C. 14 days
D. 30 days
90. If Johnny vomits after administration of
additional fluids, the mother is instructed to: 97. Under IMCI, if the child does not have
A. Pause for 10 minutes and resume an ear problem, what should you do as his
more slowly. nurse?
B. Let the baby lie down on his side. A. Check for tender swellings, behind the
C. Stop feeding and bring the baby to the ear.
health center. B. Check for ear discharge.
D. Discontinue feeding. C. Go to the next question, check for
malnutrition.
91. If Johnny has diarrhea for 8 days but he D. Check for ear pain.
has no signs and symptoms of dehydration,
the following are true except: 98. Part of the curriculum of student nurses
A. He is drinking normally. is the community involvement in the nearest
B. His skin pinch went back immediately. barangay. Leah together with her team
C. He has severe persistent diarrhea. members suggest conducting Operation
D. He is classified in the green row. Timbang of children 10 years- old and below
92. Syd, a 5- year- old child, is brought to in Barangay Maybunga. Totoy Bato,an 8-
the clinic by her mother because of ear year- old with obvious edema of the feet
problem. Under IMCI, a child with ear and weighing 20% less than his ideal weight
problem should be assessed for the for age was spotted by the team. According
following except: to the IMCI manual, they will classify Totoy
A. Ear pain in what color- code category?
B. Is there any fever? A. Pink
C. Ear discharge B. Yellow
D. If discharge is present for how long? C. Green
D. Red
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99. Measles is one of the common

childhood diseases nowadays because of
increased temperature. If a child comes to
the clinic complaining of pus draining from
his eyes,you will place the child in what
color classification?
A. Pink
B. Yellow
C. Green
D. Red

100. In the IMCI treatment plan, what is

used to clean the mouth if a child has
measles with mouth complication?
A. Diluted hydrogen peroxide
B. Sterile water only
C. Diluted betadine
D. Diluted gentian violet