NURS323 pediatric nursing health assesment 2020

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A nurse is planning care for a child who has glomerulonephritis and is edematous. Which of the following activities should be part of the plan of care? A charge nurse is preparing a room assignme... nt for a school-aged child. Which of the following is the most important consideration when planning a room assignment? A nurse is caring for a school-aged child who is admitted with a poorly controlled seizure disorder. Which of the following should the nurse include in the plan of care? A nurse is admitting a 4-month old infant who has heart failure to the cardiac unit. Which of the following is the highest priority? nurse is caring for a child who has nephrotic syndrome. Which of the findings is associated with this dx?A = A nurse is assessing a 3 year old child at a well child visit. Which of the following finding should the nurse report to the provider? A nurse is teaching a parent of a child who has pediculosis. Which of the following statements from the parent indicates an understanding of the teaching? A hospice nurse is visiting a parent on the one-year anniversary of the death of his child from leukemia. Which of the following actions by the parent would indicate to the nurse the need for bereavement counseling referral? The parent has not returned to work. A nurse is caring for a child who has partial-thickness burns on more than 30% of his body. Which of the following fluids prescribed by the provider should the nurse administer to the child in the 1st 24 hours? (Crystalloid solutions, such as lactated ringer's, minimize the fluid shift in the early stage of burn recovery) A nurse is planning care for a toddler who has a serum lead level of 4 mcg/dl. Which of the following is an appropriate action for the nurse to take? A nurse is providing education to the family of a child who has juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching? A mother of an adolescent tells the nurse that she argues frequently with her daughter about listening to music while she is studying. Which of the following is an appropriate response for the nurse to make? A nurse is caring for a school-aged child who is diagnosed with asthma and reports chest pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? A nurse is performing a urine dipstick test on a child with nephrotic syndrome. Which of the following results should the nurse expect? Nephrotic syndrome causes the glomerular membrane to become permeable to proteins. A nurse is caring for a child who is postoperative following a tonsillectomy. Which of the following should the nurse recognize as a sign of hemorrhage? During observation of children playing on a pediatric unit, a nurse notes a child that begins to stare into space and grunt. The child's extremities begin to extend and stiffly. In what order should the nurse perform the steps listed below? A nurse is assessing a 4 year old child. Which of the following developmental milestones should the nurse expect? A nurse is providing teaching about growth hormone injections to a mother of a child who has growth hormone deficiencies. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching? A nurse is providing postoperative care to a 13 month old toddler following cleft palate repair. Which of the following interventions is appropriate for the nurse to take? . A nurse is caring for a child who has a new dx of lime disease. Which of the following is a manifestation of stage 1 of the disease? A nurse is caring for a child who has epiglottis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A nurse is discussing food choices with a parent of a child who has celiac disease. Which of the following food choices offered to the child by the parent is appropriate? A nurse is assessing a 7 month old infant. Which of the following finding should the nurse report to the provider? A nurse is planning care for a child after application of a halo brace. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care? A nurse is caring for an infant who is postoperative pyloric stenosis repair. Which of the following is an appropriate action for the nurse to take? A nurse is caring for a toddler who has a foreign body aspiration. Which of the following is an appropriate action for the nurse to take? Prepare for an endoscopy. A nurse is teaching an adolescent about how to manage tinea pedis. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the A nurse is providing teaching to a parent of a child who has impetigo. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? A nurse is caring for an adolescent undergoing lumbar puncture. Which of the following results would confirm a dx of bacterial meningitis? A nurse is educating the parents of a toddler who will be discharged with a low leg cast. The nurse should instruct the family that which of the following findings is important to report to the provider? This is a sign of neurovascular damage and requires immediate notification to the provider. A nurse is teaching an adolescent client who has anew dx of infectious mononucleosis. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching? . A nurse is caring for a school-aged child who has heart disease and has developed heart failure. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care? . The metabolic rate for a child who has heart failure is high because of poor cardiac function. A nurse is assessing a 6-month old infant at a well-infant visit. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? A nurse is caring for a child who has nephrotic syndrome. Which of the following assessments should the nurse perform to confirm peripheral edema? A nurse is assessing a child who has appendicitis with possible perforation. The nurse should identify which of the following as a manifestation of peritonitis? A nurse is preparing an inservice on child maltreatment for a group of newly licensed nurses. Which of the following should the nurse include as a manifestation of physical abuse? A nurse is caring for a 6 year old child who is receiving chemotherapy. Which of the following lab values should the nurse report to the provider? A nurse is caring for a newborn who has a large sacral myelomeningocele. Prior to the surgery, the nurse should prevent complication by Keeping the newborn's legs abducted with a pad between the knees. A nurse is caring for a child following surgery for an acute perforated appendix. Which of the following is an expected finding in the immediate postoperative period? A nurse is caring for a child who is in Bryant traction. Which of the following is an appropriate action for the nurse to take? A nurse is working with a child who has cerebral palsy and is having trouble with verbal communication. Which of the following strategies should the nurse plan to use to promote effective communication? A nurse is providing discharge teaching about car seat use to a mother of a 6 month old infant. Which of the following actions by the mother indicates a need for further teaching? This action can compress and create space between the infant and the harness. The nurse is auscultating the lungs of a child who has pneumonia; They are short, discontinuous sounds heard primarily during inspiration as air passes through fluid or mucous in an air passage. A nurse is caring for an infant who has RSV and is in a mist tent. Which of the following actions should the nurse implement for infection control? A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a parent of an 18 month old toddler who experienced dehydration. Which of the following statements by the parent should indicate to the nurse an understanding of the teaching? A nurse in a pediatric unit is caring for a preschool aged child who has acute lymphocytic leukemia and severe stomatitis. Which of the following should the nurse include in the child's plan of care? A nurse is assessing a child who has diarrhea. Which of the following findings should alert the nurse of worsening dehydration? A nurse is performing a monthly assessment for a child who is methylphenidate. Which of the following is a manifestation that indicates an adverse effect of the medication? A nurse is developing a plan of care for a student who is newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Which of the following should the nurse include in the plan? A nurse is caring for a pre-school aged child who is receiving IV fluids VIA peripheral IV catheter. When preparing to remove the IV fluids and catheter, which of the following steps should the nurse perform first? A nurse is teaching a parent of a child who is receiving IV famotidine. The nurse should tell the parent that which of the following is an adverse effect of famotidine? A nurse is caring for a child who is newly prescribed methotrexate. Which of the following should the nurse obtain prior to administering the first dose? This test should be done to rule out hepatic insufficiency. A school-aged child who was treated for streptococcal throat infection is being admitted to the hospital with a dx of acute rheumatic fever. Which of the following nursing interventions is appropriate? A nurse at an urgent care clinic is performing an admission assessment on a child. Which of the following should the nurse recognize as an early manifestation of pertussis? A nurse is caring for a 3 year old child who was administered pain medicine. Which of the following pain scales is appropriate for measuring the child's response to the medication? A school nurse is assessing a pre-school aged child. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a potential finding of physical neglect? A nurse is providing teaching to a parent of an infant who has diaper dermatitis. The nurse should teach the parent to apply which of the following to the affected area? A nurse is assessing an infant who has heart failure. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? 
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