Questions and Answers | Chamberlin College of Nursing
The nurse is caring for a child who has leukemia with a white blood cell (WBC) count of < 1000
mm. Which of the following should the nurse include in the child's plan of care?
Correct Answer: Administer prescribed influenza vaccination
The nurse is providing a teaching session to the health care staff regarding osteosarcoma. Which
of the following statements by an attendee indicates a need for additional teaching?
Correct Answer: "In the early stage, the symptoms of this disease are usually attributed to
normal growing pains.
The nurse is caring for a child who is suspected of having a Wilm's tumor. Which of the following
actions by the nurse indicates the need for additional training?
Correct Answer: Palpating the child's abdomen
The nurse is caring for a 5-year-old child who has sickle cell disease (SCD). An assessment of the
child includes the following: respirations 10 and unarousable. The child is currently on
intravenous (IV) fluids and continuous IV morphine sulfate Based on the assessment
information, which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Correct Answer: Administer naloxone to reverse the effect of the morphine.
, The nurse is admitting a child who has a vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis. Which of the following
interventions should the nurse anticipate to be prescribed for the child?
Correct Answer: Hydration and pain management
The nurse working in the emergency department (ED) is caring for a child who has hemophilia
and developed a swollen knee after falling off a bicycle. The nurse is teaching the child's parents
about care when similar incidents occur at home in the future. Which of the following actions
should the nurse teach the parents?
Correct Answer: Apply an ice pack and compression dressings to the knee.
The newly hired nurse is talking with the nurse preceptor about the prevention of irondeficiency
anemia in infants. Which of the following statements by the newly hired nurse is correct
regarding prevention of this condition?
Correct Answer: "Iron-fortified commercial formula should be given for the first 6 months of
life
The nurse is assessing a child who has severe iron deficiency anemia. Which of the following
assessment finds should the nurse expect to observe?
Correct Answer: Pallor
The nurse is caring for 4-year-old child who is 36 hours postoperative following a removal of a
Wilm'stumor. Which of the following requires immediate follow up by the nurse?
Correct Answer: Incision site is pink at the edges.