NUR 449 VATI RN Nursing Care of Children 2019 – Midlands Technical College Post-assignment Review Questions 1. A nurse is caring for a child admitted
... [Show More] with an acute exacerbation of asthma. Discuss the nursing care needs of this child. 2. A nurse is providing home safety education to the parents of a 1-year-old child. What information regarding prevention of poisoning should be included in this education? 3. What information regarding strategies to decrease the spread of infection should the nurse provide to the parents of a child with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)? 4. A nurse is performing a developmental screening on a 4-month-old infant. Identify two (2) physical and motor skills the nurse should expect to see from the infant. 5. A nurse is caring for a client with osteosarcoma requiring a below-the-knee amputation. What referrals should be made for this client? 6. A nurse is providing discharge education to the parents of a child prescribed phenytoin for a seizure disorder. What information regarding adverse effects should the nurse provide? 7. A nurse is caring for a client following a pylorotomy for the treatment of pyloric stenosis. What post-operative care will be required? a. 8. A nurse is preparing to administer ear drops to a 2-year-old child. How should the client be positioned and how should the nurse position the ear? 9. A nurse is obtaining a rectal temperature. When should rectal temperatures be avoided? 10. A nurse is caring for a 12-year-old anorexia nervosa. What are common laboratory and diagnostic testing results commonly associated with anorexia nervosa? 11. Discuss care of the client following a cleft lip and palate repair. 12. A nurse has obtained a blood sample from a child with hemophilia. What action should the nurse take to prevent bleeding? 13. A nurse is teaching a child who has type 2 diabetes mellitus about nutrition. Provide two (2) client actions to prevent hypoglycemic episodes. 14. A nurse is providing education to the parents of a child with HIV regarding disease management. What information should the nurse include 15. A child has ingested turpentine. To address the situation should vomiting be induced? 16. What is Tetralogy of Fallot and what is a "Tet" spell? - [Show Less]