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NURS 407 Pediatrics Exam 3 Questions
and Answers 2026
1
what are three differences in pediatric respiratory system anatomy from adults?
1. tongue is proportionally larger
2. airway more anterior and funnel shaped (smallest at cricoid)
3. trachea and bronchi significantly smaller and closer together
2
signs and symptoms of acute laryngotracheobronchitis (croup)
seal barking cough
3
What are the 4 D's a nurse would recognize in the assessment findings for a child
with acute epiglottitis?
1. Dysphonia (muffled voice)
2. Dysphagia (troubled swallowing)
3. Drooling
4. Distress
4
How would you approach a child in the ED with acute epiglottitis?
- Keep child calm!!!!
- Positioning: whatever is comfortable for the patient, usually siting up in tripod
position; do not lay them flat
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5
what would you never do for a patient with epiglottitis?
perform a throat culture
6
The incidence of bacterial epiglottitis has decreased since the introduction of
what vaccine?
Haemophilius influenza type b (Hib) vaccine
7
The nurse is caring for an infant diagnosed with RSV bronchiolitis. The monitor is
beeping because the infant's oxygen saturation has dropped to 89%. What
interventions would you take first?
1. sit the infant upright and check the sensor
2. suction the nares
3. give a nebulizer treatment
4. increase oxygen
8
what type of isolation should a child with RSV be placed on?
contact precautions
-- also wear a mask!!
9
Why are welcome sleeves used in the postoperative period following a cleft lip
and palate repair?
NURS 407
NURS 407 Pediatrics Exam 3 Questions
and Answers 2026
1
what are three differences in pediatric respiratory system anatomy from adults?
1. tongue is proportionally larger
2. airway more anterior and funnel shaped (smallest at cricoid)
3. trachea and bronchi significantly smaller and closer together
2
signs and symptoms of acute laryngotracheobronchitis (croup)
seal barking cough
3
What are the 4 D's a nurse would recognize in the assessment findings for a child
with acute epiglottitis?
1. Dysphonia (muffled voice)
2. Dysphagia (troubled swallowing)
3. Drooling
4. Distress
4
How would you approach a child in the ED with acute epiglottitis?
- Keep child calm!!!!
- Positioning: whatever is comfortable for the patient, usually siting up in tripod
position; do not lay them flat
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5
what would you never do for a patient with epiglottitis?
perform a throat culture
6
The incidence of bacterial epiglottitis has decreased since the introduction of
what vaccine?
Haemophilius influenza type b (Hib) vaccine
7
The nurse is caring for an infant diagnosed with RSV bronchiolitis. The monitor is
beeping because the infant's oxygen saturation has dropped to 89%. What
interventions would you take first?
1. sit the infant upright and check the sensor
2. suction the nares
3. give a nebulizer treatment
4. increase oxygen
8
what type of isolation should a child with RSV be placed on?
contact precautions
-- also wear a mask!!
9
Why are welcome sleeves used in the postoperative period following a cleft lip
and palate repair?
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