Burns Chapter 13 Physical Activity and Sports questions and answers.

Burns Chapter 13 Physical Activity and Sports questions and answers.The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is performing a pre-participation sports physical examination on a 14-year-old male who will be on the wrestling team at school. What will the nurse practitioner include when discussing healthy practices with this adolescent? Risks associated with repeatedly losing and gaining weight The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner counseling the parent of an overweight school-age child about improving overall fitness. What will the nurse practitioner include? Encourage the child to begin by engaging in swimming or cycling. 00:32 01:22 The parents of a pre-pubertal female who is on the local swim team tell the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner that their daughter wants to begin a strength training program to help improve her swimming ability. What will the nurse practitioner recommend? Enrolling their daughter in a program that uses fixed weight machines or resistance bands The parent of a 14-year-old child asks the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner how to help the child prevent injuries when basketball tryouts begin later in the school year. Which recommendation will be of most benefit? Preseason conditioning The parent of a high school basketball player tells the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner that the adolescent becomes short of breath only when exercising. What will the nurse practitioner recommend? Evaluation for underlying cardiac causes of this symptom A 15-year-old female basketball player who has secondary amenorrhea is evaluated by the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner who notes a BMI in the 3rd percentile. What will the nurse practitioner counsel this patient? To work with a dietician to improve healthy weight gain The parent of a child who has asthma asks the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner about whether the child may engage in strenuous exercise. What will the nurse practitioner tell the parent? Children with asthma show improved aerobic and anaerobic fitness with moderate to vigorous/physical activity. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner diagnoses a high school basketball player with mononucleosis. The adolescent asks when she may resume play. What will the nurse practitioner tell her? At 4 weeks, she must have an exam to determine fitness for play. The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is counseling a parent about bicycle helmet use. The parent reports having a helmet used a year previously by an older child and wonders about using it for a younger child since they are so expensive. What will the nurse practitioner tell the parent? "If the helmet is free from marks, you may use it." The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is performing a well child examination on a high school age adolescent who plays football who has hypercalciuria. Which dietary supplement will the nurse practitioner question the adolescent about? Protein supplements The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is evaluating a heart murmur during a pre-participation examination of a high school athlete. Which finding would be a concern requiring referral to a cardiologist? A murmur that is quieter when squatting and louder with a Valsalva maneuver The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is discussing lifestyle changes with an adolescent who has hypertension. What will the nurse practitioner recommend about exercise for this client? Regular to vigorous activity initially with a combination of resistance and aerobic exercise to maintain lower blood pressure