Kaplan Flashcards
(75 cards)
Car Seat Safety. The nurse instructs parents about care safety for infants. It is most important for the nurse to include which piece of into in the presentation?
Infant should be in a rear-facing car seat
Glucagon. School nurse administers glucagon IM to a child diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes. The child immediately begins to… what action should the nurse take first?
Contact the child HCP
Osteomyelitis. The nurse cares for the 7-year-old child diagnosed with osteomyelitis of the right arm, which finding would the nurse expect to observe?
Child holds right arm in a semi-flexed position
Down Syndrome. The nurse cares for the infant diagnosed with Down Syndrome. The nurse discusses Down Syndrome with the parents. The nurse thinks further instruction is required if the infant’s mother makes which statement?
I should push solid food toward the back and side of my baby’s mouth
Language Development. The nurse monitors a 13-month-old for speech and hearing development. To better understand the child’s speech development, its most important for the nurse to ask the parents which question?
Does your child say da, na, yay a?
Cystic Fibrosis. The nurse cares for the 4-year-old child with a suspected diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. The quantitative sweat chloride test is administered. The nurse knows that which result confirms the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis?
69 mEq/L
Cystic Fibrosis. Nurse plans care for the child diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. The nurse determined which action is most important?
Instruct the family on how to perform chest physiotherapy
HIV/AIDS. The school nurse monitors the kindergarten-aged child diagnosed with HIV. The school nurse should intervene if which finding is observed?
The kindergarten teacher reports that the child bit another child
Epilepsy. The home care nurse cares for the child diagnosed with a seizure disorder. The child’s parents calls to report that the child had a tonic-clonic seizure.. most important for the nurse to follow up which statement made by the parent?
When the seizure first began, I tried to move my child to the bed
Headaches. Nurse in pediatric clinic assesses a child reporting chronic headaches. Which statement by the child to nurse requires immediate follow-up?
My headaches have stated causing me to awaken at night
Hemophilia. Nurse in pediatric clinic assesses a child reporting chronic headaches. Which statement by the child to nurse requires immediate follow-up?
Joint pain
Tetanus. The child is in the emergency room for a puncture wound contaminated with dirt. The nurse knows that the health care provider will order which medications?
Tetanus immune globulin
Appendicitis. Nurse cares for the pre-adolescent admitted with RLQ abdominal pain, decreased bowel sounds, and fever. The HCP suspects that the child has appendicitis. The nurse knows that the child’s appendix has ruptured if which finding is noted?
Sudden loss of pain
Student nurse prepares to discuss cardiac defects that cause increased pulmonary blood flow. Student nurse identifies which cardiac defect affects pulmonary blood flow?
Atrial septal defect
Digoxin Infant. The nurse prepares to administer digoxin to an infant. Which finding would cause the nurse to hold the infant’s digoxin and contact the health care provider?
The parent reports the infant vomited four times during the night
Strabismus. The pediatric nurse performs an exam on the three-year-old. The nurse suspects the child may have strabismus. Which observation, made by… may indicate this type of visual impairment?
The nurse observes that the child closes one eye when looking around the room
Hip Spica Cast. The nurse performs discharge teaching for parents with a child in a hip spica cast. The nurse determines further teaching is necessary if one of the.. make which statement?
I will place my child in a supine position to eat
Head Injury- Infant. The nurse in the pediatric clinic assesses a 12-month-old infant. The infant fell to the floor from a high chair. It is most important for the nurse to assess for which injury?
Head Injury
Intussusception. The nurse admits the infant suspected of having intussusception. During the nursing assessment, the nurse expects to obtain which information?
The parents state that the infant’s stools look like currant jelly
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (MD). The nurse performs an assessment on the 5-year-old child suspected of having Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Which assessment data obtained.. parent will assist the medical team with this diagnosis?
My child cant ride a bike
Retinoblastoma. The nurse performs an assessment on a 15-month old. The infants parents tells the nurse that child has started to walk, is eating with a spoon, and builds a two-block tower. During the visit, the parent mentions that the toddler’s right eye sometimes “glows” which response by the nurse is best?
Is light shining in the toddler’s eye when this happens?
Nutrition. Nurse performs a nutritional assessment on the 3-month old infant. Which question best assists the nurse to obtain a dietary history from parents?
When did you start feeding your baby solid foods?
Infant Dehydration. Nurse plans care for infants on the pediatric unit. The nurse understands that careful assessment of infants.. for which reason?
Infants have larger amounts of ECF than adults
Increased Intracranial Pressure: Infants and Children. The nurse cares for an infant admitted to the ER. The mother reports that the child fell off the changing table. The nurse performs an assessment and identifies which symptom as an early sign of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?
Bulging fontanelle
