Peds Final
Meningitis
Droplet transmission Nuchal rigidity Rocephin
Rickets
A disease affecting growth and calcification of bones
The LVN removes a client's NG tube according to the physician's order. The nurse should watch for which complication after removing an NG tube?
Abdominal distention
Central auditory dysfunction
Although the child may have normal hearing, damage to or faulty development of the proper brain centers makes this child unable to use the auditory information recieved
The nurse is preparing to discharge a child who has rheumatic fever. Which medication would the nurse expect to be prescribed to prevent recurrence of rheumatic fever?
Antibiotics
Atonic or Akinetic seizures
Cause the child to have a sudden momentary loss of consciousness, muscle tone, and postural control and may cause the child to fall
A client hospitalized with pneumonia has thick, tencious secretions. To help liquefy these secretions, the nurse should:
Encourage increased fluid intake
hyperopia
Farsightedness
A client with type 1 DM develops DKA and receives a continuous insulin infusion. Which condition represents the greatest risk to the child?
Hypokalemia
Reye syndrome
It occurs in children of all ages but is seen more frequently in young school-aged children. Normally occurs after a viral illness (varicella (chicken pox) or upper respiratory infection) Severe vomiting, lethargy, confusion and irritability occur when the child starts to recover from the viral illness
Myopia
Nearsightedness
To check the effectiveness of incentive spirometry, the nurse can use a pulse oximeter to monitor the client's:
Oxygen saturation
The nurse is providing care for a child with celiac disease. This child should avoid:
Prepared puddings
Generalized seizures
Results from both hemispheres of the brain
Sensorineural (perceptive) hearing loss
Results from damaged to the nerve endings in the cochlea or the nerve pathways leading to the brain
Partial seizures
Results from specific part of the brain
A child with lead poisoning is admitted to the facility for chelation therapy. The nurse must stay alert for which of the following adverse effects?
Seizures
Status Epilepticus
Seizures lasting longer than 30 minutes or a series of seizures where the child doesn't regain LOC.
Marasmus
Severe caloric and protein deficiency
Kwashiorkor
Severe protein deficiency with adequate caloric intake
Following a tonsillectomy, a client returns to the med surg unit. The client is lethargic and reports having a sore throat . Which position would be most therapeutic for this patient?
Side-lying
Myoclonic seizures
Sudden jerking of a muscle or group of muscles without LOC
An unconscious patient is admitted to the ER. The nurse suspects which source is the cause of airway obstruction in this client, as it is the most common source of airway obstruction in the unconscious victim?
The tongue
Conductive hearing loss
Where middle ear structures fail to carry sound waves to the inner ear Most often occurs with otitis media
Mixed hearing loss
combines both conductive and sensorineural hearing impairments
Strabismus
failure of the two eyes to direct their gaze at the same object
A child is diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. When planning the child's care, the nurse understands the primary goal of treatment is to:
reduce the excretion of urinary protein