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

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

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

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

A client hospitalized with pneumonia has thick, tencious secretions. To help liquefy these secretions, the nurse should:

Encourage increased fluid intake