Chamberlain College of Nursing - ATI NURSING : ATI Pediatric Test Bank 2, latest 2020 Complete answers (explained)

Document Content and Description Below

A guardian calls the clinic nurse after his child has developed symptoms of varicella and asks when his child will no longer be contagious. Which of the following responses should the nurse make? • ... “When your child no longer has a fever.” • “Three days after the rash started.” • “Six days after lesions appear if they are crusted.” (The nurse should inform the guardian that a child will stop being contagious around 6 days after the lesions appeared, as long as they are crusted over.) • “When your child’s lesions disappear.” • A nurse is collecting date from a child during a well-child visit. The nurse should recognize that which of the following findings places the child at a higher risk for abuse? • The child is 6 years old. • The child is male. • The child was born at 30 weeks of gestation. (The nurse should identify that children who are born prematurely are at greater risk for abuse because of the potential for impaired bonding during early infancy.) • The child was born via cesarean birth. • A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the guardian of a child who has a new diagnosis of rheumatic fever. Which of the following statements by the guardian indicates an understanding of the teaching? • “I should not give my child aspirin for pain or fever.” • “My child will take antibiotic for 6 months.” • “My child might have a period of irregular movement of the extremities.” (The nurse should instruct the guardian that the child might experience chorea weeks or months after the initial diagnosis. Chorea is a temporary lack of coordination and the presence of sudden, irregular movements or periods of clumsiness.) • “I should expect there to be blood in my child’s urine.” • A nurse is collecting data from an infant during a well-child visit. Which of the following sites should the nurse use when obtaining the infant’s heart rate? • Apical (The nurse should use the apical pulse to obtain the infant's heart rate and count it for a full minute, because it gives a reliable rate and rhythm and provides accurate baseline assessment data. In an infant, the apical heart rate is auscultated at the fourth intercostal space lateral to the midclavicular line.) • Radial • Carotid • Femoral • A nurse is preparing a toddler for suturing of a minor facial laceration. The nurse should place the toddler in which of the following restraints? • Mummy restraint (The nurse should use a mummy wrap when a short-term restraint is needed for treatment of the toddler that involves the head and neck. The nurse should always use the least amount of restraint necessary.) [Show More]

Last updated: 11 months ago

Preview 1 out of 19 pages