PNR204 Week 7 Chapter 27 & 28

Question 1

Which food would the nurse recommend to include in the child’s diet who is constipated frequently?

Accepted Answer

Whole-grain cereal

Question 2

What is a complication of repeated blood transfusions for a child with thalassemia major?

Accepted Answer

Hemosiderosis

Question 3

What does the nurse expect the appearance of the stools of a child with celiac disease to be?

Accepted Answer

Bulky, frothy

Question 4

After surgery for pyloric stenosis, an infant is hungry and crying. What is the most appropriate nursing action?

Accepted Answer

Allow 1 ounce of glucose water at frequent intervals.

Question 5

What would the nurse expect the parents to report of an infant with pyloric stenosis?

Accepted Answer

Projectile vomiting

Question 6

What is the name of the malabsorption problem that results in gluten intolerance?

Accepted Answer

Celiac disease

Question 7

When providing teaching for a patient with leukemia, which of the following needs further follow up?

Accepted Answer

I will make sure all immunizations are given on the normal schedule

Question 8

What information should the nurse include in a teaching plan about home care for a child with hemophilia A?

Accepted Answer

If bleeding occurs, apply pressure, ice, elevate, and rest the extremity.

Question 9

A patient arrives to the PCP complaining of difficulty swallowing. You suspect what condition?

Accepted Answer

Dysphagia

Question 10

What will the nurse teach the parents of a child with a low platelet count to avoid?

Accepted Answer

Aspirin

Question 11

What skin assessments would alert the nurse to bleeding for a child with a low platelet count?

Accepted Answer

Purpura, Petechiae, Ecchymosis

Question 12

What can occur if iron deficiency anemia goes untreated?

Accepted Answer

Heart failure

Question 13

A child has been scratching the anal area and complaining of itching. What does the nurse suspect?

Accepted Answer

Pinworms

Question 14

Hereditary blood disorder that the body does not produce enough adult hemoglobin?

Accepted Answer

Thalassemia

Question 15

What instruction will the nurse give to parents about preventing the spread and reinfection of pinworms?

Accepted Answer

Keep children’s nails short.

Question 16

What type of cells carry oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood?

Accepted Answer

Erythrocytes

Question 17

Excessive fat and fat like substances in the blood is?

Accepted Answer

Hyperlipidemia

Question 18

Which finding in a newborn is suggestive of tracheoesophageal fistula?

Accepted Answer

Choking on the first feeding

Question 19

A strangulated hernia

Accepted Answer

has compromised blood supply

Question 20

How would you treat chronic constipation in children?

Accepted Answer

Increasing fluid intake, Adding more raw vegetables

Question 21

Most common cause of anemia in children?

Accepted Answer

Iron-deficient anemia

Question 22

What should be included in parent teaching regarding Hirschsprung disease?

Accepted Answer

Your child may need a temporary colostomy for bowel rest, Your child will require surgery to remove part of their colon, Your child has inadequate motility in part of their intestine

Question 23

Hereditary blood condition where the RBC's are crescent-shaped?

Accepted Answer

Sickle cell anemia

Question 24

A child has been vomiting for the past 2 days. What acid-base imbalance would the nurse expect?

Accepted Answer

Alkalosis

Question 25

What description of a child’s stool characteristic leads the nurse to suspect intussusception?

Accepted Answer

Currant jelly

Question 26

What regulates how many RBC's are produced?

Accepted Answer

Erythropoietin

Question 27

A recent blood count for a child who received chemotherapy shows neutropenia. What is the priority nursing diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Risk for infection

Question 28

Why are rapid respirations a possible cause of dehydration?

Accepted Answer

They cause evaporation of fluid on the mucous membranes.

Question 29

A 7-month-old infant is admitted with a diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis. What will be the nurse’s priority goal?

Accepted Answer

Prevent fluid and electrolyte imbalance.

Question 30

Parents bring a child into the ER for an accidental ingestion. Which common medication do you suspect?

Accepted Answer

Acetaminophen

Question 31

A child is brought into the ED with suspected appendicitis. What are signs and symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Guarding, Rebound tenderness, Pain on lifting thigh when supine

Question 32

Which statement indicates an understanding of health maintenance of a child with sickle cell disease?

Accepted Answer

“It is important for my child to drink plenty of fluids.”

Question 33

An incarcerated hernia cannot be easily moved back into place.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 34

What condition is characterized by pain in the right lower quadrant at McBurney's point?

Accepted Answer

Appendicitis

Question 35

A child with leukemia has widespread purpura and a platelet count of 19,000/mm3. What is the nursing priority?

Accepted Answer

Assessing neurological status

Question 36

Which statement by a mother may indicate a cause for her 9-month-old’s iron deficiency anemia?

Accepted Answer

“Formula is so expensive. We switched to regular milk right away.”

Question 37

Hereditary condition where the blood does not clot normally?

Accepted Answer

Hemophilia

PNR204 Week 7 Chapter 27 & 28

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PNR204 Week 7 Chapter 27 & 28

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