Peds post test Questions And Answers 2024.docx

  Parent is concerned that their daughter gained 10 pounds starting puberty. How should the nurse respond? -Correct Answers: Inform the child's mother that it is common for teen girls to gain weight during puberty. A 5-year-old needs ear drops. How should the nurse administer them? -Correct Answers: pull ear up and back What is included in atraumatic care? -Correct Answers: Using EMLA cream 1 hr prior The patient fractured their left femur and receives a cast, six hours post-application the nurse notices that the patient's toes are edematous, what is the priority action? -Correct Answers: check pedal pulses PCA ask the nurse to describe the difference in communication of school-aged child vs. a toddler. What is the most appropriate answer? -Correct Answers: for toddlers, preparation for the procedures is just before the procedure A child is scheduled for a catheter balloon deflation of narrow heart valves. What is the most important thing to do? -Correct Answers: Ask if the child has a latex allergy and if they do notify the surgeon immediately. A child has a chronic condition of epilepsy and is admitted to the hospital. What is the best way to protect a child from injury during a seizure? -Correct Answers: Maintain airway patency and then turn the child on their side Fine motor development is evaluated in 10 month old baby by observing what? -Correct Answers: pincer grasp What is normal for a 4-year-old? -Correct Answers: able to walk forward heel to toe How do you decrease the likelihood of SIDS? -Correct Answers: It is advisable to put the child on her back to sleep. Erikson's theory we should expect toddlers to? -Correct Answers: Want to feed and dress themselves without interference When providing diversional activities for a child in isolation, the nurse should remember what? -Correct Answers: any articles brought into the unit should be washable A child is admitted to the unit with suspected pertussis. What type of precautions would this child be on? -Correct Answers: droplet precautions When rehydrating a severely dehydrated child, which value would you assess for? -Correct Answers: urine specific gravity The mother of a 15-year-old boy is frustrated because he spends much of his weekend time sleeping. She informs the nurse, "My son sleeps longer now than he did when he was in kindergarten." What is the nurse's best response to the child's mother's frustration? 1. "Your son may be trying to catch up on the sleep he misses during the week while he is studying." 2. "Developmental theorists believe that teens require more sleep as they begin to integrate new roles into their lives." 3. "Teens require more sleep due to the rapid physical growth that is occurring during adolescence." 4. "Teens require more sleep due to the increase in their social obligations." -Correct Answers: 3. "Teens require more sleep due to the rapid physical growth that is occurring during adolescence." Placing no limits on the ages of visitors and providing sleep facilities for the caregivers in room in facility will most likely bring what result? -Correct Answers: family-centered care will be enhanced What medication should be given to a child with transposition of the great vessels? -Correct Answers: prostaglandin E The toddler is in various stages of healing. Parents say he bruises easily. What is the best inter-disciplinary team action? -Correct Answers: report the finding to children and family services and order PT and PTT and coagulation time Early indication of hemorrhage in a child who recently had a tonsillectomy? -Correct Answers: continuous swallowing A family is involved in a MVA the father is unconscious, the mother cannot be reached and the 14-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries what should the nurse complete? -Correct Answers: obtain informed consent from the child if possible and with or without it provide life saving procedures