Pediatric Nursing for Metabolic & Endocrine
Disorders Questions And Answers NCLEX Exam
2022
A 5 year old a has temperature of 103.6 'F and is brought into the emergency
room by his mother. Which statement by the mother causes concern?
"I administered Aspirin to help with the fever a few hours ago."
"I re-took his temperature 30 minutes after I gave the medication and it was
still high."
"I've tried to encourage fluid intake every hour."
"I gave him a sponge bath to help witht he fever."
A child should never have aspirin, especially for a fever due to Reyes Syndrome.
A 7 year old has been having vomiting with diarrhea for 3 days. How do you
expect the child to present clinically?
Tachycardia, dry mucous membranes, weight loss
Bradycardia, dry mucous membranes, absence of tears
Sunken eyeballs and bradycardia
None of the options are correct.
The child should be experiencing dehydration and would present clinically with:
Tachycardia, dry mucous membranes, weight loss, sunken eyes and/or fontanles,
decreased urinary output
, As the nurse, taking care of the patient who has been hospitalized for 3 days with
dehydration, what abnormal finding would you report to the MD?
Weight change of 100 lbs to 92 lbs and urinary output of less than 1
ml/kg/hr
1-3 second skin turgor
Weight change of 90 lbs to 93 lbs and dry mucous membranes
Options A & C
The only correct option is: Weight change of 100 lbs to 92 lbs and urinary output of less
than 1 ml/kg/hr. All the other answers are normal findings that do not cause concern.
A mother brings her child in the office for a follow-up appointment and voices
concern that her child has started urinating more than normal and is constantly
thirsty & hungry. As the RN, you suspect?
Diabetes Mellitus
Phenylkentonuria
Hypoglyemia
Tret's syndrome
The symptoms the mother is reports are the classic 3 P's of diabetes: polyuria,
polydipsia, polyphagia
A 15 year old, who is type 1 diabetic, reports that she almost "passes out" during
gym class. What information would you assess from the teenager?
Disorders Questions And Answers NCLEX Exam
2022
A 5 year old a has temperature of 103.6 'F and is brought into the emergency
room by his mother. Which statement by the mother causes concern?
"I administered Aspirin to help with the fever a few hours ago."
"I re-took his temperature 30 minutes after I gave the medication and it was
still high."
"I've tried to encourage fluid intake every hour."
"I gave him a sponge bath to help witht he fever."
A child should never have aspirin, especially for a fever due to Reyes Syndrome.
A 7 year old has been having vomiting with diarrhea for 3 days. How do you
expect the child to present clinically?
Tachycardia, dry mucous membranes, weight loss
Bradycardia, dry mucous membranes, absence of tears
Sunken eyeballs and bradycardia
None of the options are correct.
The child should be experiencing dehydration and would present clinically with:
Tachycardia, dry mucous membranes, weight loss, sunken eyes and/or fontanles,
decreased urinary output
, As the nurse, taking care of the patient who has been hospitalized for 3 days with
dehydration, what abnormal finding would you report to the MD?
Weight change of 100 lbs to 92 lbs and urinary output of less than 1
ml/kg/hr
1-3 second skin turgor
Weight change of 90 lbs to 93 lbs and dry mucous membranes
Options A & C
The only correct option is: Weight change of 100 lbs to 92 lbs and urinary output of less
than 1 ml/kg/hr. All the other answers are normal findings that do not cause concern.
A mother brings her child in the office for a follow-up appointment and voices
concern that her child has started urinating more than normal and is constantly
thirsty & hungry. As the RN, you suspect?
Diabetes Mellitus
Phenylkentonuria
Hypoglyemia
Tret's syndrome
The symptoms the mother is reports are the classic 3 P's of diabetes: polyuria,
polydipsia, polyphagia
A 15 year old, who is type 1 diabetic, reports that she almost "passes out" during
gym class. What information would you assess from the teenager?
