Pediatrics Unit 3 homework quiz

What characteristic manifestation does the nurse caring for a child with Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy document?

Nurse offers many of fluids to 5yo asthmatic to compensate for fluid loss through dyspnea. Which fluids are appropriate?

What will the nurse administer with ferrous sulfate drops when providing them to a child on the pediatric unit?

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

What intervention will the nurse caring for a child in Buck’s skin traction implement?

Father asks why his child w/ tetralogy of Fallot seems to favor a squatting position. What is the nurse’s best response?

Nurse talks treatment of hypoglycemia w/ adolescent. Which statement by adolescent means understood the instructions?

A mother reports that her 4mo infant is lethargic, sleeps 18hr/day & snores. Nurse knows these are signs of?

Which is the most appropriate nursing action related to the administration of digoxin (Lanoxin) to an infant?

Nurse would observe a child for frequent swallowing after a tonsillectomy & adenoidectomy. What might this indicate?

Child sent to school nurse b/c she comes to school everyday disheveled,unbathed,&hungry. What do these finding indicate?

What will the nurse include when caring for a child in Buck’s extension?

What instruction would the nurse provide to an adolescent who has been fitted with a Milwaukee brace?

After closed head injury,unconscious 10yo begins to excrete pale urine with a drop in BP. Nurse suspect ____developed?

Child w/ type 1 DM had Px insulin at 7:30AM, child c/o hunger,thirst,& drowsy @ 10:30AM. What should the nurse do first?

What does the nurse explain that a ventricular septal defect will allow?

Child hospitalized for osteomyelitis c/o being tired of being sick & antibiotics. How long will antibiotic therapy last?

Parent of 1yo w/ tetralogy of Fallot asks nurse,“Why do my child’s fingertips look like that?” Nurses best response?

Which observation causes nurse to think of child abuse when a mother says her young child fell down basement stairs?

A 2yo child has been dx with hemophilia A. What information should the nurse include in a teaching plan about home care?

Nurse provides instructions about how to treat sprained ankle. What statement by mom means for additional teaching?

What occurs as a result of an inadequate secretion of insulin?

Which comment made by a parent of a 1-month-old would alert the nurse about the presence of a congenital heart defect?

When auscultating breath sounds of infant w/ respiratory syncytial virus, which assessment would nurse immediate report?

Nurse is teaching parents of young child w/ iron deficiency anemia about nutrition. What food is as rich source of iron?

Child gets combination of Regular & NPH insulin at 8AM. At 845AM breakfast trays haven't arrived . Best action by nurse?

What statement by a parent leads the nurse to determine a parent is administering levothyroxine (Synthroid) correctly?

An infant is hospitalized with RSV bronchiolitis. What is the priority nursing diagnosis?

A child develops carditis from rheumatic fever. Which areas of the heart are affected by carditis?

What classic sign would nurse, auscultating breath sounds of child hospitalized for acute asthma attack, expect to find?