Exam 24: The Child with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

Which statement best characterizes hepatitis A?

A nurse is conducting dietary teaching on high-fiber foods for parents of a child with constipation.Which foods should the nurse include as being high in fiber? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for an infant whose cleft lip was repaired.Important aspects of this infant's postoperative care include:

Which type of hernia has an impaired blood supply to the herniated organ?

Caring for the newborn with a cleft lip and palate before surgical repair includes:

A newborn was admitted to the nursery with a complete bilateral cleft lip and palate.The physician explained the plan of therapy and its expected good results.However,the mother refuses to see or hold her baby.Initial therapeutic approach to the mother should be:

During the first few days after surgery for cleft lip,which intervention should the nurse do?

A mother who intended to breastfeed has given birth to an infant with a cleft palate.Nursing interventions should include:

A child has an NG tube to continuous low intermittent suction.The physician's prescription is to replace the previous 4-hour NG output with a normal saline piggyback over a 2-hour period.The NG output for the previous 4 hours totaled 50 ml.What milliliter/hour rate should the nurse administer to replace normal saline piggyback? (Record your answer in a whole number.)

A 4-month-old infant has gastroesophageal reflux (GER)but is thriving without other complications.Which should the nurse suggest to minimize reflux?

A nurse is receiving report on a newborn admitted yesterday after a gastroschisis repair.In the report,the nurse is told the newborn has a physician's prescription for an NG tube to low intermittent suction.The reporting nurse confirms that the NG tube is to low intermittent suction and draining light green stomach contents.Upon initial assessment,the nurse notes that the newborn has pulled the NG tube out.Which is the priority action the nurse should take?

A young child is brought to the emergency department with severe dehydration secondary to acute diarrhea and vomiting.Therapeutic management of this child should begin with:

Which therapeutic management should the nurse prepare to initiate first for a child with acute diarrhea and moderate dehydration?

The best chance of survival for a child with cirrhosis is:

Which pathogen is the viral pathogen that frequently causes acute diarrhea in young children?

Which vaccine is now recommended for the immunization of all newborns?

Which is used to treat moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease?

When caring for a child with probable appendicitis,the nurse should be alert to recognize that which condition or symptom is a sign of perforation?

The nurse is preparing to care for an infant returning from pyloromyotomy surgery.Which prescribed orders should the nurse anticipate implementing? (Select all that apply.)

Which clinical manifestation would be the most suggestive of acute appendicitis?