The nurse understands a school age child's task is to develop friends. This is the developmental task of:
Industry vs. inferiority
100
Which vaccine should the nurse anticipate be given before an infant is discharged from the hospital at birth?
Hepatitis B .
They will then receive 2 more doses at 1-2 months and 6 or 18 months.
100
We know that infants should be able to sit independently at what age?
8 months
100
Your patient weighs 10kg. You know that they are receiving maintenance IV fluids. At what rate should the pump be running?
42ml/hr
100
A chronic inflammation of airways with episodes of obstruction caused by environmental triggers.
Asthma
200
The nurse is caring for a patient and understands the importance for them to form an identity. This patient is in which age group?
Adolescence - Identity vs. Role confusion
200
Which vaccine should be given at age 12-18 months and will prevent chicken pox?
Varicella
200
To test the rooting reflex in an infant, the nurse would...
stroke the infant's cheek. The infant should turn toward that cheek and begin to suck.
200
Why do infants have a higher fluid requirement than older children?
larger surface area to body mass ratio means higher insensible losses
200
The nurse is caring for an infant with meningitis. The child has a bulging fontanel, sunset eyes, a high pitched cry and is extremely irritable. The nurse knows these are signs of
increased intracranial pressure (ICP)
300
Which age group has the task of forming a sense of trust?
Infancy - trust vs. mistrust
300
What vaccine is given in three doses and prevents diarrheal illness in infants?
Rotavirus
300
Proximodistal development is...
Development from the trunk to the extremities (ex: moving arms and legs before picking things up with fingers)
300
Your patient weighs 17 kg. What is their 24 hour fluid requirement?
1350 mls
300
The nurse is talking with a mother of a one month old who says that the baby projectile vomits sour smelling milk after every feed. What might the nurse suspect as a diagnosis?
Pyloric stenosis
400
In conducting parent teaching, the nurse knows to encourage the father of a preschooler to allow play such as running, biking and finger painting because the child is facing what developmental task?
Preschooler : initiative vs. guilt
400
What vaccine, given at 12-15 months, was falsely rumored to contribute to the development of autism?
MMR
MMR given at 12-15 months and a booster at age 4-6yr
400
A child's mother is asking when her child's "soft spot" will close. The nurse explains the anterior fontanel closes at age
12-18 months
400
Name two symptoms that may cause a child to have an increased fluid requirement?
Diarrhea
Vomiting
Fever
400
The nurse is performing teaching with parents of a child with newly diagnosed celiac disease. The nurse will review food options that do not contain...
Gluten
500
A mother expresses she is frustrated with her 2 year old's constant response of "no, me do!" What should the nurse tell the mother?
This is normal, the child is showing a sense of autonomy.
Toddler: Autonomy vs. shame
500
Which vaccine prevents whooping cough?
DTaP
Diptheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis
Given given at age 2, 4, 6 & 15-18 months
500
After infancy, the next period of rapid growth occurs in...
adolescence
500
You are admitting a patient with severe dehydration. The doctor states the child received a NS bolus in the ED and will have IV fluid running at 2 times maintenance after admission. What can you anticipate the rate to be? The child weighs 14kg.