Pediatrics Assignment Exam / Test Review Questions & Certified Solutions / 100% Correct / Already Graded, A+ Quiz____?A seven-month old infant is admitted with nonorganic failure to thrive (NFTT). To aid the child's growth and development, which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement?Encourage the parents to participate in a planned program of play with the infant.Refer the parents for psychological counseling to identify parental detachment.Demonstrate feeding strategies and infant cues that indicate hunger and satiation.Provide instructions about formula preparation and feeding schedules. - Answer✓✓ Demonstrate feeding strategies and infant cues that indicate hunger and satiation.Quiz____?The nurse is triaging a child with a fever brought to the emergency department by the parents. Which finding requires the nurse's immediate intervention?Prolonged exhalations.Page 1 of 46 1 / 4
Thick yellow rhinorrhea.Frequent nonproductive cough.Oxygen saturation is 95% by pulse oximeter. - Answer✓✓ Prolonged exhalations.Quiz____?The nurse is assessing the coping behaviors of the parents whose child has been recently diagnosed with a chronic illness. What reaction by the parents is a positive step in the ability to cope with this new situation?Endowing the illness with meaning.Refusing to believe the child is ill.Entertaining an unrealistic future plan for the child.Placing complete faith in religion to the point of relinquishing own responsibility. - Answer✓✓ Endowing the illness with meaning.Quiz____?A 15-year-old girl tells the school nurse that she wants to have a baby.How should the nurse respond?"Will you be able to support the baby?" Page 2 of 46 2 / 4
"Do you have plans to continue school?" "Have you talked with your parents about this?" "Can you tell me how your life will be if you have an infant?" - Answer✓✓ "Can you tell me how your life will be if you have an infant?" Quiz____?The nurse is caring for a premature infant who needs an IV access restarted. What action should the nurse take when using adhesive tape?Remove adhesives with water, mineral oil, or petrolatum.Avoid using tape and adhesives until skin is more mature.Use scissors carefully to remove tape instead of pulling tape off.Employ solvents to remove adhesives instead of pulling on skin. - Answer✓✓ Remove adhesives with water, mineral oil, or petrolatum.Quiz____?The nurse calculates a 4 ml dose of prescribed digoxin a 9-month-old infant. What action should the nurse implement?Mix dose with juice to disguise its taste.Suspect dosage error and do not give dose.Page 3 of 46 3 / 4
Check heart rate and administer dose by placing it to the back and side of mouth.Check heart rate and administer dose by letting the infant suck it through a nipple. - Answer✓✓ Suspect dosage error and do not give dose.Digoxin narrow margin of safety for an infant should not excess 1 ml (50 mcg) in one dose Quiz____?The parents of a toddler brought to the clinic for a well-child visit tell the nurse that their child becomes upset if even the smallest things change in the environment. What information should the nurse provide the parents?A child is insecure because trust is not fostered and developed during infancy.A toddler should be exposed to different routines to promote adapting to new experiences.Children of this age are comfortable with ritualism and display global thinking.Objects should be frequently moved in the environment to teach the child to acclimate to change. - Answer✓✓ Children of this age are comfortable with ritualism and display global thinking.Page 4 of 46
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