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Pediatric Nursing Test 1
Chapters 5,6,8,16,17,18
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Medical
Undergraduate 4
08/25/2008

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Term
Is consent necessary to perform lifesaving surgery on a 10 year old if parents are not present?
Definition
No. Consent is not required.
Term
Which Parenting style requries the least education?
Definition
Authoritative
Term
When admitting an adolescent client, the nurse should
Definition
Let them know the purpose of everything. They are old enough to understand procedures and capable of some abstract thinking.
Term
Which communication techniques would be best when dealing with a frightened 10 month old?
Definition
Speak in a high-pitched, soft tone of voice.
Term
What is one proper way to tell a 4-year old he is about to get a shot?
Definition
"We need to give you some medicine in your leg." right before you give it.
Term
Drawing pictures is a good way to communicate for which age? (2,6,12)
Definition
6 year old
Term
For a 6 year old, is a heartrate of 55 normal or abnormal?
Definition
Abnormal
Term
For a 6 year old, is a BP of 116/80 normal or abnormal?
Definition
Abnormal
Term
When taking the blood pressure of a school aged child, which percentage of the upper arm should the cuff cover?
Definition
40% of the upper arm.
Term
If a child is way past the milestone for talking and walking, how should the nurse handle this?
Definition
Make a referral to the pediatrician about motor abilities.
Term
Put the following nursing assesments of a toddler in the best order:

Palpate the abdomen, auscultate the chest, examine the ears and throat, developmental assessment
Definition
Developmental assessment, auscultation of chest, palpate the abdomen, examine the ears and throat.
Term
If a 6 month old is crying like crazy, how would one auscultate breath sounds?
Definition
Listen after each cry when a deep breath is taken.
Term
Durin the assessment of a 6 year old child, the nurse notes 0.5cm tonsil lymph nodes and tonsil size of +2. The nurse interprets this as _______.
Definition
Normal
Term
If the nurse looks in the childs oral cavity and notices that the tongue is large relative to the small oral cavity passages, what is the appropriate action?
Definition
Nothing. This is a normal finding for infants/children.
Term
A mother asks what it means for her child's head circumference to be in the 80th percentile?
Definition
This means that out of 10 children his age, 2 would have a larger head.
Term
When does a child begin to pull up?
Definition
10 months
Term
The nurse is preparing an education session for recently hired teachers at a community center. If they can only be taught one thing, what would that one thing be?
Definition
Proper hand washing
Term
The telephone triage nurse receives a call from a parent who states that her 18 month old is making a crowin sound when he breathes and is very hard to wake up. What should the nurse do?
Definition
Tell the parent to call 911!
Term
A 5 year old who has had a trach for several years is scheduled to begin kindergarten in the fall. The teacher has just learned that the child will be in class and consults the school nurse. The nurse should...
Definition
Tell the teacher how to care for the child in the classroom.
Term
The school aged child has been displaced by a hurricane and is showing decreased interest in hobbies and school. The nurse should explain to the parent
Definition
This is a normal response to a disaster by this age group.
Term
Which is most likely to be seen in a pediatric clinic?
Definition
dehydration
Term
Which is within the realm of the school nurse's role?
Definition
Treating a child with a nosebleed.
Term
The parents of a critically injured child wish to stay in the room while the child is receiving emergence care. The nurse should do which of the following according to the emergency nurses association?
Definition
Let them stay.
Term
A group of childeren on one hospital unit are suffering separation anxiety. When determining the stage of separation anxiety, the nurse recognizes the child in despair is the child who. . .
Definition
Lays quietly in bed.
Term
A 4 year old is seen in the clinic with a sore throat. The most likely causative agent is. . .
Definition
That he yelled at his brother
Term
The nurse needs to administer meds to a 4 year old. The medication is only available in a tablet. The nurse should. . .
Definition
Crush and mix into 1tsp. of applesauce.
Term
The nurse is working with a preschool aged hospitalized child. The nurse is planning activities to reduce anxiety. What is the appropriate action by the nurse?
Definition
Provide the child with a doll and safe medical equipment.
Term
Which technique would be most effective in encouraging a preschooler to take fluids by mouth?
Definition
Have them play picnic with small medicine cups of liquid.
Term
Parents are asking you as a nurse about ways to prepare a child for day surgery. The child is 7 years old. What is your advice?
Definition
Take a tour of the unit before the experience.
Term
Parents of a hospitalized 3 year old must return to work and leave the child with out a family member for several hours. An aunt will come during her lunch break. What do you tell the parents to say?
Definition
Tell the parent to tell the child that his aunt will be there during lunch.
Term
A dose of .42 ml of a liquid medication must be administered. The nurse's best action is to use a. . .
Definition
tuberculine syringe
Term
If you have to give 3cc of an antibiotic to a 3 year old, what is the best thing to do?
Definition
Split it in half and give 1.5 ml in each vastus lateralis.
Term
If a child requires a spinal tap (or any painful procedure), where should it be done?
Definition
In the treatment room.
Term
During the nurse's initial assessment of a school aged child, the child reports a pain level of 6 out of 10. The child is lying quietly in bed watching TV. The nurse should. . .
Definition
Give him the pain med. (if they say it hurts, believe them regardless of what they are doing).
Term
A 10 year old child has been receiving morphine every 2 hours for post op pain. The medication relieves the pain for approximately 90 min. then returns. The nurse should?
Definition
Call the doctor to see if the medication orders can be changed.
Term
A 2 year old is hospitalized with a fractured femur. In addition to pain medication, which of the following will best provide pain relieve?
Definition
Parent's presence at the bedside.
Term
The nurse is caring for a 23 month old child in the post op period. The pain assessment that is most appropriate is?
Definition
FLACC
Term
Parent asks how to reduce the pain of the blood draws that are happening everyday. The most appropriate method?
Definition
EMLA cream applied to the skin at least 1 hour before.
Term
Child has been recieving IV pain medication and will no start receiving medication by mouth. The nurse anticipates that the oral dose will be?
Definition
Greater than the IV dose.
Term
Which of the following is an important consideration when using the FACES pain rating scale with children?
Definition
The scale can be used with preschoolers.
Term
It's important for nurses to know that respiratory depression in children medicated with opiods is most likely to occur when?
Definition
When they are sleeping
Term
Which of the following resources should be available when light sedation is given? Select all that apply.
Definition
Oxygen supply, suction, BP, monitor
Term
Which of the following techniques is appropriate in managing pain for a 10 year old?
Definition
Rhythmic breathing.
Term
How many MG is 125mcg?
Definition
.125 mg
Term
The nurse is getting a child from his room who is screaming and crying to go to the Tx room. What should the nurse do?
Definition
Allow the child to bring hsi favorite blanket.
Term
What position do you put a neonate in for a lumbar venipuncture?
Definition
Modified Neck extension
Term
A child is about to have a painful procedure and the mother wants to go with the child. What do you tell the mother?
Definition
Let her know what is expected and if she agrees to stay calm, she can go.
Term
You're going to give a child some medicine. What do you tell the child?
Definition
It's time for your medicinenow. Do you want apple juice or orange juice after?
Term
You're going to do vital signs on a child. What should you do?
Definition
Let the child hold the blood pressure cuff and stethoscope.
Term
One of the most valuable clues to pain is what?
Definition
A change in behavior.
Term
The child asks you to come back later with the medicine. What do you tell him?
Definition
Tell him his antibiotics are due in 15 minutes, so we have to do it now.
Term
A child doesn't want to eat what is on his plate and is requesting pizza and ice-cream. What do you do?
Definition
You order the pizza and icecream
Term
When a parent signs an informed consent, what does that mean?
Definition
It means they understand what the procedure entails.
Term
A 15 year old wants to know if the assessment information will be shared with the parent. What do you tell her?
Definition
No information will be shared unless intervention is needed.
Term
If a parent refuses treatment and you have told her the risk, what should you do?
Definition
Document the explanatin and refusal.
Term
A child rates his pain as a 4 on a 5 pt scale while playing on the bed with his friend. What do you do?
Definition
Give him the medicine.
Term
A 15 year old in the hospital will be there for 1 week. What should you do?
Definition
Hang a calendar in the room with anticipated visits and events.
Term
A child wants to keep empty medicine cups and syringes without needles. How old is this child?
Definition
School-aged.
Term
A child only eats 2 french fries on his plate. What should you do?
Definition
Tell him how well they eat.
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