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100

What is the nurse's role regarding informed consent?

Making sure the client understands the procedure

100

What test am I?

I'm a nonspecific measure produced by the liver and is present during acute inflammation.

I determine if bacteria or parasites has infected the intestines


C-reactive protein

Stool Culture

100

Structure of the fetal heart that allows blood flow between the pulmonary artery and aorta is called___?

Ductus arteriosus

100

What is the best way to reduce the risk of transmission of pathogens?

Perform hand hygiene
100

Learning disabilities can affect the child's ability to listen, speak, read, write, and perform mathematics. 

1. What is it called when a child have difficulty with reading, writing, and spelling?

2. What is it called when a child have problems with manual dexterity and coordination?

1. Dyslexia

2. Dyspraxia

200

What is the best way for nurses to ensure they are providing culturally competent care when caring for patients.

Identify that each person and family is unique. 
200

Name 2 nationally notifiable diseases that is required to be reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)? 

Hepatitis A     Mumps  Botulism   Measles Polio

Chlamydia    Malaria   Ehrlichiosis  Rubella

Gonorrhea  Lime Disease  Influenza (pediatric mortality)     Varicella (morbidity) (deaths only)

Menningococcal   Rabies  Syphilis Tetanus TB 

Diphtheria    Rocky Mountain spotted fever

200

What is the most common type of cardiomyopathy in children. It includes an enlargement of all cardiac chambers with systolic dysfunction. 

Dilated Cardiomyopathy

200
What are some late signs of increased ICP (name 2)?

Lowered LOC

Decreased motor and sensory responses

Bradycardia

Irregular respirations

Cheyne-Strokes respirations

Decerebrate/decorticate posturing

Fixed and dilated pupils

200
What are some warnings signs of autism nurses should screen in all infants and toddlers (name 2)? 

-does not imitate

-lack of interest in joint attention

-eye contact abnormalities

-delayed language development

-failure to develop symbolic-imaginative play

-losing language or social skills at any age

300

What actions are appropriate when providing care to a 7-year-old child whose parents and other siblings are present?

Include the whole family in the discharge teaching.

300

A nurse has administered an intramuscular injection. What will the nurse do with the syringe and needle?

DO NOT RECAP the needle; place it in a puncture-resistant container. 

300

I'm a disorder of motility of the intestinal track resulting in obstruction. I'm most characterized by failure to pass a stool (meconium) within 24 hours of life. Who am I?

Hirschsprung Disease

300

How should the nurse plan preoperative care for an infant with myelomeningocele in an effort to prevent infection or trauma?

Cover sac with saline non-adhesive gauze

300

Differentiate between the two

 Oppositional Defiant Disorder vs. Conduct Disorder

1. Excessive arguing with adults

2. Revenge-seeking behaviors

3. Initiates physical fights

1. Oppositional Defiant Disorder

2. Oppositional Defiant Disorder

3. Conduct Disorder



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400

What ethical principle does the nurse demonstrate when keeping promises and maintaining confidentiality?

  Fidelity

400

Provide instructions on how to assess the ear in a 7-year-child vs. a 2-year-old child. 

child 3 and up pull pinna up and back and pinna down and back in child younger than 3-years of age. 

400
Who am I?

I typically present in children with as fever, lethargy, nausea, vomiting, wind-burned or slapped cheeks. 

Fifth Disease

400

How high is the serum osmolality in Diabetes Insipidus (DI)?

> 300 mOsm/kg

400

Name 3 Major Congenital Anomalies

Cleft lip

Cleft palate

Congenital heart disease

Neural tube defects (i.e. myelomeningocele)

Chromosomal abnormalities

Omphalocele: Gastroschisis

Renal agenesis/hypoplasia

Absent or limb deficiencies

Generalized dysmorphism

500
  • The adjusted age is determined by subtracting the number of weeks the infant was _____ from the child's chronologic age.

Premature

500
Name the tanner stage in a female adolescence based on the description below:

-Only the nipple protrudes; the areola is flush with the breast contour (the areola may continue as a secondary mound in some women). 

Stage 5 (mature breast)

500

At what age should the nurse inform parents that their child should receive the first does of inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) given?

2 months

500

What would the nurse find upon assessment of a child with Addison's Disease (name 3 assessment findings)?

Hyponatremia

Hyperkalemia

Water loss; dehydration, muscular weakness, fatigue, weight loss, anorexia, syncope, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea

Hypoglycemia

Hypotension

Hyperpigmentation of skin, Adrenal crisis

500

You inspect and observe 3 children with the possiblity of having an inborn error of metabolism. Upon doing so, you observe for an abnormal or foul odor of the child's excretions and note the associated odors below. What type of error do you suspect for each?

1. Cabbage-like, rancid butter

2. Maple syrup, burnt sugar, or curry

3. Rotting fish

4. Mousy or musty 

1. Tyrosinemia

2. Maple syrup urine disease

3. Trimethylaminuria

4. Phenylketonuria (PKU)

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