NURS 6551 FINAL EXAM 2 PEDIATRICS
, NURS 6551 FINAL EXAM 2 PEDIATRICS
Question 1
When completing this quiz, did you comply with Walden University’s Code of
Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity?
Selected Answer: Yes
Question 2
Lisa has Cushing's syndrome. You would suspect her to have or to develop
Selected d.
Answer: Excitability and nervousness
Question 3
A 4-year-old female with profuse vomiting, sweating, lacrimation, and diarrhea,
who seizes in the emergency room. Which of the following is the most likely
etiology?
Selected e.
Answer: Esophageal foreign body
Question 4
Antibiotic therapy is one of the mainstays of treatment for which of the
following causes of wheezing?
Selected d.
Answer: Epiglottitis
Question 5
An 18-month-old African American girl is brought to your office because she
has been crying and stopped walking today. She will crawl, however. Her mom
denies any injury to the child. On examination, she is crying but consolable in
her mother’s arms. She has bruising and swelling just proximal to the left ankle.
An x-ray reveals a spiral fracture of the tibia. At this time, you advise the
mother that:
Selected a.
, Question 6
Tracy, the mother of a 2-year-old, is concerned because her daughter walks on
her toes all the time. What do you tell her?
Selected Answer: c.
Toe walking is considered normal until age 3.
Question 7
Vomiting in infancy has a long list of differential diagnoses. Which of the
following other symptoms would mostly likely point to pyloric stenosis?
Selected Answer: a.
Hungry after vomiting
Question 8
The following clinical description best matches which genetic disorder? An
institutionalized male juvenile delinquent upon close examination has severe
nodulocystic acne, mild pectus excavatum, large teeth, prominent glabella, and
relatively long face and fingers. His family says he has poor fine motor skills
(such as penmanship), an explosive temper, and a low-normal IQ.
Selected Answer: d.
XYY male
Question 9
Newborn R.T. has a vascular lesion that will not fade as she gets older. What is
your diagnosis?
Selected a.
Answer: Port-wine stain (nervus flammeus)
Question 10
A 6-year-old boy is left alone for 10 hours, now with hematemesis and
pneumomediastinum on chest x-ray. Which of the following is the most likely
etiology?
Selected Answer: a.
Insecticide ingestion
, NURS 6551 FINAL EXAM 2 PEDIATRICS
Question 1
When completing this quiz, did you comply with Walden University’s Code of
Conduct including the expectations for academic integrity?
Selected Answer: Yes
Question 2
Lisa has Cushing's syndrome. You would suspect her to have or to develop
Selected d.
Answer: Excitability and nervousness
Question 3
A 4-year-old female with profuse vomiting, sweating, lacrimation, and diarrhea,
who seizes in the emergency room. Which of the following is the most likely
etiology?
Selected e.
Answer: Esophageal foreign body
Question 4
Antibiotic therapy is one of the mainstays of treatment for which of the
following causes of wheezing?
Selected d.
Answer: Epiglottitis
Question 5
An 18-month-old African American girl is brought to your office because she
has been crying and stopped walking today. She will crawl, however. Her mom
denies any injury to the child. On examination, she is crying but consolable in
her mother’s arms. She has bruising and swelling just proximal to the left ankle.
An x-ray reveals a spiral fracture of the tibia. At this time, you advise the
mother that:
Selected a.
, Question 6
Tracy, the mother of a 2-year-old, is concerned because her daughter walks on
her toes all the time. What do you tell her?
Selected Answer: c.
Toe walking is considered normal until age 3.
Question 7
Vomiting in infancy has a long list of differential diagnoses. Which of the
following other symptoms would mostly likely point to pyloric stenosis?
Selected Answer: a.
Hungry after vomiting
Question 8
The following clinical description best matches which genetic disorder? An
institutionalized male juvenile delinquent upon close examination has severe
nodulocystic acne, mild pectus excavatum, large teeth, prominent glabella, and
relatively long face and fingers. His family says he has poor fine motor skills
(such as penmanship), an explosive temper, and a low-normal IQ.
Selected Answer: d.
XYY male
Question 9
Newborn R.T. has a vascular lesion that will not fade as she gets older. What is
your diagnosis?
Selected a.
Answer: Port-wine stain (nervus flammeus)
Question 10
A 6-year-old boy is left alone for 10 hours, now with hematemesis and
pneumomediastinum on chest x-ray. Which of the following is the most likely
etiology?
Selected Answer: a.
Insecticide ingestion
