Hesi Pediatric Practice Exam Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2024) The nurse is giving pre-op instructions to a 14 yr old female scheduled for surgery to correct a spinal curvature. Which stmt best demonstrates that leaning has taken place? - Correct Answers ✅"I understand that I will be in a body cast and I will show you how you taught me to turn" To take the v/s of a 4 month old, which ordered will give the most accurate results? - Correct Answers ✅RR - HR - rectal temp During routine screening at a school clinic, an otoscope exam reveals a tympanic mb that is pearly gray, slightly bulging, and not movable. What action should the nurse take next? - Correct Answers ✅Ask the child if they have had a cold, runny nose, or any ear pain lately Which restraint should be used for a toddler after a cleft palate repair? - Correct Answers ✅Elbow What pre-op nsg intervention should be included in the POC for an infant w/ pyloric stenosis? - Correct Answers ✅Observe for projectile vomiting (remember that projectile vomiting leads to metabolic alkalosis) 1 / 3
Hesi Pediatric Practice Exam Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2024) A 6 month old returns from surgery w/ elbow restraints in place. What nsg care should be included when caring for any restrained child? - Correct Answers ✅Remove the restraints one at a time and provide ROM exercises (Removing them 1 at a time is safer than all at once) A 2 yr old w/ Down syndrome is brought to the clinic for his regular physical exam. The nurse knows which problem is requently associated w/ Downs? - Correct Answers ✅Congenital heart disease (CHD is the most common associated defect w/ Downs. - also, remember Professor Moore said that heart and ear problems go hand in hand) When assessing a child w/ asthma, the nurse should expect intercostal retractions during - Correct Answers ✅Inspriation When planning the care for a child who has had a cleft lip repair, the nurse know that crying should be minimized because it - Correct Answers ✅Stresses the suture line A full-term infant is admitted to the newborn nursery. After careful assessment, the nurse suspects that the infant may have an esophageal atresia. Which sx's is this newborn likely 2 / 3
Hesi Pediatric Practice Exam Questions and Answers (Latest Update 2024) to have exhibited? - Correct Answers ✅Choking , coughing, and cyanosis (this answer includes the 3 "C"s of esophageal atresia caused by the overflow of secretions to the trachea) Which behavior would the nurse expect a 2 yr old to exhibit? - Correct Answers ✅Display possessiveness of toys (they are egocentric and unable to share w/ others) the other of a preschool-aged child asks the nurse if it is all right to administer Pepto Bismol to her son when he has a tummy ache. After reminding her to check the label of all OTC meds for the presence of ASA, which instruction should the nurse include when replying to the mom's question? - Correct Answers ✅Do not give if they have chicken pox, the flue, or any other viral illness (ASA can cause Reye's syndrome) the nurse observes a 4 yr old boy in a daycare. Which behavior should the nurse consider normal for this child? - Correct Answers ✅Demonstrates aggressiveness by boasting when telling a story
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