Exam 25: Caring for the Child With an Immunological or Infectious Condition

A child is being sent home from the doctor's office with a prescription for azithromycin (Zithromax)for presumed cat-scratch disease.Which instruction to the parents is most important?

A child has been diagnosed with influenza and is prescribed oseltamivir (Tamiflu).Which instruction by the nurse is most important?

The nurse is caring for a 15-year-old suspected of having HIV infection.Which laboratory tests does the nurse anticipate will be ordered for this patient?

The pediatric nurse explains to a student that which actions are most important in preventing and controlling infections?

A nurse is providing anticipatory guidance to new parents.Which instruction by the nurse will assist the parents in maintaining physical barriers to prevent infection in their newborn?

The day after attending a large birthday party for a classmate,a child breaks out in a rash characteristic of chickenpox.When counseling the parents,which information is most appropriate?

A nursing faculty member is explaining the pediatric immune system to students.Which statement is correct?

A 10-month-old-child is in the pediatric clinic for his eighth ear infection.Which assessment is most important for the nurse to perform on this child?

A parent calls a pediatric information line worried about muscular dystrophy because her daughter has new onset of muscle weakness.Which question by the nurse would elicit the most useful information?

A child is receiving vaccinations at a well-baby clinic.The nurse explains to the mother that the vaccinations provide which type of immunity?

A nurse is working with a student on the pediatric unit caring for patients in contact isolation for infectious diarrhea.Which action by the student warrants intervention by the nurse?

An adolescent patient is taking combination retroviral therapy for HIV infection.He is not responding as expected.Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A nurse has given an infant a vaccination.Which information is important to document specifically for this vaccination?

A nurse is caring for an infant with an HIV-positive mother.Which statement made by the nursing during teaching is the most appropriate?

The student studying pediatric infectious diseases recognizes that the epidemiological triangle consists of which concepts?

A child has been hospitalized with rubeola.Which actions by the nursing staff are most important?

A teenage girl is diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).Which health promotion guidance is important for the nurse to provide?

A parent brings her child to the pediatric clinic and reports that the child has a rash on one side of his body that reminds her of chickenpox,but is more painful.Which medication does the nurse anticipate teaching the parent about?

The pediatric nurse is discharging a child diagnosed with cytomegalovirus infection (CMV).Which teaching is most appropriate for this child?

A nurse is caring for an HIV-positive child diagnosed with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia who is receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.Which finding indicates a possible complication of using this drug?