Renal & Urinary - Pediatrics

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A nursing student caring for a 6-month-old infant is asked to collect a sample for urinalysis from the infant. How should the student collect the specimen?

Attaching a urinary collection device to the infant's perineum for collection

An 18-month-old child is being discharged after surgical repair of hypospadias. Which postoperative nursing care measure should the nurse stress to the parents as they prepare to take their child home?

Avoid tub baths until the stent has been removed.

The nurse collects a urine specimen preoperatively from a child with epispadias who is scheduled for surgical repair. When analyzing the results of the urinalysis, which should the nurse most likely expect to note?

Bacteriuria

The nurse reviews the record of a child who is suspected to have glomerulonephritis and expects to note which finding that is associated with this diagnosis?

Brown-colored urine

The nurse is caring for an infant with a diagnosis of bladder exstrophy. To protect the exposed bladder tissue, the nurse should plan which intervention?

Cover the bladder with a nonadhering plastic wrap.

The nurse is developing a plan of care for a 6-year-old child diagnosed with acute glomerulonephritis. The nurse should include which priority intervention in the plan of care?

Encourage limited activity and provide safety measures.

A 4-year-old child with acute glomerulonephritis is admitted to the hospital. The nurse identifies which client problem in the plan of care as the priority?

Excessive fluid volume related to decreased plasma filtration

The nurse performing an admission assessment on a 2-year-old child who has been diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome notes that which most common characteristic is associated with this syndrome?

Generalized edema

After performing an assessment of an infant with bladder exstrophy, the nurse prepares a plan of care. The nurse identifies which problem as the priority for the infant?

Impaired tissue integrity

The nurse is performing an assessment on a child admitted to the hospital with a probable diagnosis of nephrotic syndrome. Which assessment findings should the nurse expect to observe? Select all that apply.

Pallor 2. Edema 3. Anorexia 4. Proteinuria

The nurse is creating a plan of care for a 10-year-old child diagnosed with acute glomerulonephritis. What is the priority nursing intervention?

Promoting bed rest

Which is a priority problem for a child with severe edema caused from nephrotic syndrome?

Risk for skin breakdown

The nurse is caring for an infant with cryptorchidism. The nurse anticipates that the most likely diagnostic study to be prescribed would be the one that assesses which item?

Urinary function

The nurse is planning discharge instructions for the mother of a child following orchiopexy, which was performed on an outpatient basis. Which is a priority in the plan of care?

Wound care

Which question should the nurse ask the parents of a child suspected of having glomerulonephritis?

"Has the child had a sore throat or a throat infection in the last few weeks?"

The nurse is reviewing the record of a child diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome. The nurse should expect to note which finding documented in the child's record?

Weight gain

The nurse reviews the record of a child who is suspected to have glomerulonephritis. Which statement by the child's parent should the nurse expect that is associated with this diagnosis?

"I noticed his urine was the color of coca-cola lately."

The nurse provided discharge instructions to the parents of a 2-year-old child who had an orchiopexy to correct cryptorchidism. Which statement by the parents indicates that further teaching is necessary?

"I'll let him decide when to return to his play activities."

The mother of a newborn infant with hypospadias asks the nurse why circumcision cannot be performed. Which is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

"Circumcision has been delayed to save tissue for surgical repair."

The nurse is reviewing a treatment plan with the parents of a newborn with hypospadias. Which statement by the parents indicates their understanding of the plan?

"Circumcision has been delayed to save tissue for surgical repair."

The nurse is collecting data on a child recently diagnosed with glomerulonephritis. Which question to the mother should elicit data associated with the cause of this disease?

"Did your child recently complain of a sore throat?"

The parents of a newborn have been told that their child was born with bladder exstrophy, and the parents ask the nurse about this condition. Which explanation, given by the parents, indicates understanding of this condition?

"It's an extrusion of the urinary bladder to the outside of the body through a defect in the lower abdominal wall."

The nurse is caring for a 7-year-old child with glomerulonephritis and is preparing to discuss the plan of care with the parents. In anticipating this encounter, the nurse recognizes that which is a common reaction of parents to the diagnosis of glomerulonephritis?

Guilt that they did not seek treatment more quickly

The nurse recognizes that clinical manifestations of nephrotic syndrome include which findings?

Massive proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, edema

The nurse provided discharge instructions to the parents of a 2-year-old child who had an orchiopexy to correct cryptorchidism. Which statement by the parents indicates the need for further instruction?

"I'll let him decide when to return to his play activities."

A 7-year-old child is seen in a clinic, and the primary health care provider documents a diagnosis of primary nocturnal enuresis. Which statement made by the parents indicates understanding of this condition?

"Most children outgrow the bed-wetting problem without therapeutic intervention."

The nurse is providing discharge instructions to the parents of an infant who underwent surgical repair of bladder exstrophy. The parents ask if the infant will be able to control their bladder as they get older. How should the nurse respond?

"Your child will not have a sphincter mechanism for the first 3 to 5 years, so urine will drain freely."

The nurse is reviewing the health care provider's prescriptions for a child hospitalized with nephrotic syndrome. Which food should the nurse tell the unlicensed assistive personnel to remove from the child's food tray?

Pickle

When collecting the history about a child who presents with signs of glomerulonephritis, the nurse should report which most important finding to the health care provider?

Streptococcal throat infection 2 weeks before diagnosis

The nurse is assigned to care for a child following surgery to correct cryptorchidism. Which priority action should the nurse include in the plan of care following this type of surgery?

Prevent tension on the suture.

A 7-year-old child is seen in a clinic, and the health care provider documents a diagnosis of primary nocturnal enuresis. The nurse should provide which information to the parents?

Primary nocturnal enuresis is usually outgrown without therapeutic intervention.

The nurse is planning care for a child with hemolytic-uremic syndrome who has been anuric and will be receiving peritoneal dialysis treatment. The nurse should plan to implement which measure?

Restrict fluids as prescribed.


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