1. A nurse is planning care for a newly admitted school-age child who has
generalized seizure disorder. Which of the following interventions should
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nurse plan to include?
- Ensure the oxygen source is functioning in the child’s room
2. A nurse is providing dietary teaching to the guardian of a school-age child who
has cystic fibrosis. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
- "You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout
the day."; well-balanced and high in protein and calories. Children who
have cystic fibrosis require a higher percentage of the recommended
dietary allowances of all nutrients to meet their energy requirements.
3. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the parents of a 6-month-old infant
who is postoperative following hypospadias repair with a stent placement. Which
of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
- "Allow the stent to drain into your infants diaper."
4. A nurse is caring for a school-age child who has primary nephrotic syndrome and
is taking prednisone. Following 1 week of treatment, which of the following
manifestations indicates to the nurse that the medication is effective?
- Decreased edema; experience edema due to the increased glomerular
permeability, which increases protein loss. Prednisone decreases
glomerular permeability, which causes fluid to shift from the extracellular
spaces, resulting in decreased edema.
5. A nurse is receiving change-of-shift report for four children. Which of the
following children should the nurse assess first?
- A toddler who has a concussion and an episode of forceful vomiting.;
indication of increased intracranial pressure in a toddler who has a
concussion.
6. A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the guardians of a toddler who had
lower leg cast applied 24 hr ago. The nurse should instruct the guardians to
report which of the following finding to the provider?
- Restricted ability to move the toes.; restricted ability of the toddler to
move their toes is an indication of neurovascular compromise and requires
immediate notification of the provider. Permanent muscle and tissue
damage can occur in just a few hours.
7. A nurse in an emergency department is auscultating the lungs of an adolescent
who is experiencing dyspnea. The nurse should identify the sound as which of
the following?
- Wheezes8. A nurse is caring for a preschooler who has congestive heart failure. The nurse
observes wide QRS complexes and peaked T waves on the cardiac monitor.
Which of the following prescriptions should the nurse clarify with the provider?
- Potassium Chloride [Show Less]