Nursing Care of Children Online Practice 2019 A
A nurse is assessing a school age child immediately following a perforated appendix repair. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
Absence of peristalsis
A nurse is caring for a preschooler who is scheduled for hydrotherapy treatment for wound debridement following a burn injury. Which of the following actions should the nurse take prior to the procedure?
Administer an analgesic to the child
A nurse is assessing a 4 yo child at a well child visit. Which of the following developmental milestones should the nurse expect to observe?
Cuts an outlined shape using scissors
A nurse in an urgent care clinic is assessing an adolescent who has an upper respiratory tract infections. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a manifestation of pertussis?
Dry, hacking cough
A nurse is caring for a school age child who is receiving cerfazolin via intermittent IV bolus. The child suddenly develops diffuse flushing of the skin and angioedema. After discontinuing the medication infusion, which of the flowing medication should the nurse administer first?
Epinephrine
A nurse is reviewing the lab report of a school age child who is experiencing fatigue. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as an indication of anemia?
Hematocrit 28% below norms of 32-44%
A nurse is planning care for a toddler who has a serum lead level of 4mcg/dl. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
Schedule the toddler for a yearly re-screening
A nurse is teaching the guardian of a 6mo infant about car seat use. Which of the following statements by the guardian indicates an understanding of the teaching?
"I should secure the car seat using lower anchors and tethers instead of the seat belt."
A nurse is caring for a toddler who has spastic (pryamidal) cerebral palsy. Which of the following findings should the nurse except.
Ankle clonus Exaggerated stretch reflexes Contractures
A nurse is planning care for a school age child who is in the olguric phase of acute kidney injury (AKI) and has a sodium level of 129 mEq/L. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
Initiate seizure precautions for the child.
A nurse is creating a plan of care for a school age child who has heart disease and has developed heart failure. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?
Provide small, frequent meals for the child. The metabolic rate of a child who has heart failure is high because of poor cardiac function. Therefore, the nurse should provide small, frequent meals for the child because it helps to conserve energy.
A nurse is caring for a school are child is receiving a blood transfusion. Which of the following manifestations should alert the nurse to a possible hemolytic transfusion reaction?
Flank pain
A nurse is teaching the parent of an infant who has a pavlik harness for the treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip. The nurse should identify that which of the following statements by the parent indicates an understanding of the teaching?
"I will place my infant's diapers under the harness straps."
