NSG 3600 PEDS EXAM 3 |185 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFID SOLUTIONS | 2026
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acute diarrhea causes - answer-- Rotavirus
- Diet/food
- Infection
- Medication - ANTIBIOTICS
- Toxic substances
What are you worried about with acute diarrhea? - answer-- Dehydration( look at skin
turgor)
- Electrolyte imbalance
Interventions for Acute Diarrhea - answer-- Give Pedialyte
- IV fluids, NO FRUIT JUICE
- Electrolytes, START with bland, soft food
Prevention for Acute Diarrhea - answer-- Handwashing
- Proper Food handling
Cleft lip and palate Meaning - answer-- Facial malformation during embryonic
development
- Native American/ Asian Male
Cleft lip and palate risk factors - answer-- Smoking
- Gestational Diabetes
- Use of certain meds
- Lack of folic acid prenatal
,Cleft lip and palate interventions - answer-- Haberman feeder
- Promote bonding between family
- Burp infants often
- No- Nos ( elbow restraints: take off every 1-2hrs)
- Apply petroleum jelly to operative site
- Feed with syringe/ dropper until surgical site is healed
Intussuspection - answer-- Intestines folding into itself causing an obstruction normally
at the ileocecal valve
Intussuspection Risk Factors - answer-- Males less than 18 months
- Cystic Fibrosis
Intussuspection signs and symptoms - answer-- Current jelly stool
-Sausage shaped mass in RUG
- pulling legs to chest
- Vomitting
Intussuspection Systom triad - answer-- Stool with blood
- Screaming with drawing up legs
- Paroxysmal episodic abdominal pain with vomitting every 5-30 minutes.
Intussuspection Dx - answer-- BARIUM ENEMA
- Abdominal ultrasound
Intussuspection Intervention - answer-- Monitor for signs of perforation, peritonitis and
shock.
- coach and reeda stool and if patient passed stool alert pcp.
, - If child has surgery: NPO, NGT, IV fluids
- Fever greater than 99.5 is very bad, alert PCP.
- Moniotor for infection
failure to thrive - answer-a condition in which infants become malnourished and fail to
grow or gain weight for no obvious medical reason
Failure to thrive symptoms - answer-- weight < 5th percentile, length WNL
- decreased or lack of subcutaneous fat
- pale skin
- developmental delays
- Decreased albumin levels
appendicitis - answer-inflammation of the appendix
appendictis s/s - answer-- Periumbilical pain
- RLQ pain
Appendictis Interventions - answer-- Monitor VS
- If Pain stops CALL THE PCP, IT COULD HAVE RUPTURED
-NPO 24hrs post op
- Monitor for peritonitis( stiff tender abdomen)
Hirschsprung disease - answer-absent ganglion cells in submucosal/myenteric plexus
rectosigmoid ( meaning there's a blockage that stops peristalsis from occurring). -
Common in Down syndrome kids
Hirschsprung Symptoms - answer-- inability to pass stool meconium within the first 24-
48 hours,
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFID SOLUTIONS | 2026
LATEST UPDATE!! | GET AN A+ GRADE
acute diarrhea causes - answer-- Rotavirus
- Diet/food
- Infection
- Medication - ANTIBIOTICS
- Toxic substances
What are you worried about with acute diarrhea? - answer-- Dehydration( look at skin
turgor)
- Electrolyte imbalance
Interventions for Acute Diarrhea - answer-- Give Pedialyte
- IV fluids, NO FRUIT JUICE
- Electrolytes, START with bland, soft food
Prevention for Acute Diarrhea - answer-- Handwashing
- Proper Food handling
Cleft lip and palate Meaning - answer-- Facial malformation during embryonic
development
- Native American/ Asian Male
Cleft lip and palate risk factors - answer-- Smoking
- Gestational Diabetes
- Use of certain meds
- Lack of folic acid prenatal
,Cleft lip and palate interventions - answer-- Haberman feeder
- Promote bonding between family
- Burp infants often
- No- Nos ( elbow restraints: take off every 1-2hrs)
- Apply petroleum jelly to operative site
- Feed with syringe/ dropper until surgical site is healed
Intussuspection - answer-- Intestines folding into itself causing an obstruction normally
at the ileocecal valve
Intussuspection Risk Factors - answer-- Males less than 18 months
- Cystic Fibrosis
Intussuspection signs and symptoms - answer-- Current jelly stool
-Sausage shaped mass in RUG
- pulling legs to chest
- Vomitting
Intussuspection Systom triad - answer-- Stool with blood
- Screaming with drawing up legs
- Paroxysmal episodic abdominal pain with vomitting every 5-30 minutes.
Intussuspection Dx - answer-- BARIUM ENEMA
- Abdominal ultrasound
Intussuspection Intervention - answer-- Monitor for signs of perforation, peritonitis and
shock.
- coach and reeda stool and if patient passed stool alert pcp.
, - If child has surgery: NPO, NGT, IV fluids
- Fever greater than 99.5 is very bad, alert PCP.
- Moniotor for infection
failure to thrive - answer-a condition in which infants become malnourished and fail to
grow or gain weight for no obvious medical reason
Failure to thrive symptoms - answer-- weight < 5th percentile, length WNL
- decreased or lack of subcutaneous fat
- pale skin
- developmental delays
- Decreased albumin levels
appendicitis - answer-inflammation of the appendix
appendictis s/s - answer-- Periumbilical pain
- RLQ pain
Appendictis Interventions - answer-- Monitor VS
- If Pain stops CALL THE PCP, IT COULD HAVE RUPTURED
-NPO 24hrs post op
- Monitor for peritonitis( stiff tender abdomen)
Hirschsprung disease - answer-absent ganglion cells in submucosal/myenteric plexus
rectosigmoid ( meaning there's a blockage that stops peristalsis from occurring). -
Common in Down syndrome kids
Hirschsprung Symptoms - answer-- inability to pass stool meconium within the first 24-
48 hours,
