Pediatric Nursing Practice Questions and Correct Answers

Which response about safety measures is the most appropriate advice for the 2 year old's mother who had her older home remodeled to reduce the lead level? Select all that apply. 1. Wash & dry the child's hands and face before he eats. 2. it is best to use cold water to prepate the child's food to decrease lead level. 3. diet does not matter in reduce lead levels in the child. 4. Drinking two cups of milk per day helps decrease lead levels. Answer: 1 & 3. Washing and drying hands and face especially before eating, decreases lead ingestion. Hot water absorbs more lead readily than hot water. Diet does matter; regular meals, adequate iron and calcium, and less fat help the child absorb less lead. Drinking 2 cups of milk per day is important for children but does not help decrease lead level. Which would be the priority intervention for a child suspected of having varicella (chickenpox)? 1. Contact Precautions 2. Contact and Droplet Respiratory Precautions? 3. Droplet respiratory precautions? 4. Universal Precautions and standard precautions. Answer: 2. Varicella (Chickenpox) is highly contagious. Contact & Droplet respiratory precautions should be started immediately because the primary source of transmission is secretions of the respiratory tract (droplet) and also by contaminated objects. To get more questions with correct answers, email or follow assignmenthelpdesk001 on Instagram. We also provide Test banks, Upcoming Exams and other E books to students Answer: