Exam 29: Caring for the Child With a Musculoskeletal Condition

The nurse is caring for a child diagnosed with clubfoot.Which assessment findings does the nurse anticipate in the affected extremity?

A teen has a scoliosis curve of 35°.What treatment option does the nurse prepare the child and family for?

A 5-year-old child is hospitalized with osteomyelitis and will be going home in the next few days on intravenous (IV)antibiotics.Which action by the nurse is the most appropriate?

The nurse is providing care to a pediatric patient who has orders for Crutchfield tongs.Which diagnosis does the nurse anticipate prior to reviewing the patient's medical record?

A nurse is conducting a sports fitness class for volunteer coaches.Which information provided by the nurse is the most appropriate?

The pediatric nurse is caring for a child recently diagnosed with transient synovitis of the hip.Which medication order is most appropriate for this child?

A nurse is caring for an 8-year-old child hospitalized 2 days after open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF)of a femur fracture sustained in a motor vehicle crash.The child is now in a long-leg cast. Which assessment finding prompts the nurse to notify the health-care provider?

A 4-year-old child is recovering from a modified Nuss procedure.Which is the priority intervention by the nurse?

A nurse completes the Pediatric Fall Risk Assessment on a patient who scores a 9.Which intervention by the nurse is most important to include on the care plan?

A student nurse is caring for a patient in skin traction.What action by the student causes the registered nurse to intervene?

A mother brings her daughter to the clinic after noticing the child's new swimsuit fits baggily on one side of her bottom and the child's right thigh looks quite odd compared to the other one.Which assessment question would provide the nurse the most important information?

The pediatric nurse discusses home care with the parents of a patient who is returning home following a spinal fusion.Which teaching points will the nurse include in the discharge teaching for this patient?

A parent calls the nursing call center stating that his child,who has a cast after surgical treatment of a clubfoot,is very fussy even after acetaminophen (Tylenol)administration and that the child's toes seem cool.What advice does the nurse give the parent?

A new nurse is caring for a child after spinal fusion to correct scoliosis.Which action by the new nurse causes the experienced nurse to intervene?

The parents of a child recently diagnosed with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy want to know if their infant twin daughters should be tested for the disease too.Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

A parent calls the clinic to report that his child's cast seems to be looser than it was yesterday.Which instruction is most appropriate for the nurse to provide to the parent?

The student nurse studying anatomy knows that red blood cells are produced where?

A child just had a long-leg cast placed after an open reduction and fixation of a femur fracture.What interventions are appropriate for the nurse to include in the child's plan of care?

A child has just been diagnosed with juvenile arthritis (JA).The parents want to know what caused this to happen.Which statement by the nurse is the most appropriate?

A student athlete has a serious anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)tear,and her knee is swollen with excess synovial fluid.Which procedure does the nurse prepare this athlete for?