Exam 23: Pediatric Nursing Interventions and Skills

A child has a central venous access device for intravenous (IV) fluid administration. A blood sample is needed for a complete blood count, hemogram, and electrolytes. What is the appropriate procedure to implement for this blood sample?

The nurse has just collected blood by venipuncture in the antecubital fossa. What should the nurse do next?

Parents are being taught how to feed their infant using a newly placed gastrostomy tube (G-tube). What is essential information for the parents to receive?

The clinic nurse is teaching parents about when to call the office immediately for a child with a fever. What should the nurse include in the teaching session? (Select all that apply.)

What is a priority intervention for an infant with a temporary colostomy for Hirschsprung disease?

A child who has cystic fibrosis is admitted to the pediatric unit with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. The nurse recognizes that in addition to a private room, the child is placed on what precautions?

What strategies should the nurse implement to assist in feeding a sick child? (Select all that apply.)

A laboratory technician is performing a blood draw on a toddler. The toddler is holding still but crying loudly. The nurse should take which action?

A 4-year-old girl is admitted to outpatient surgery for removal of a cyst on her back. Her mother puts the hospital gown on her, but the child is crying because she wants to leave on her underpants. What is the most appropriate nursing action at this time??

A 6-year-old child needs to drink 1 L of GoLYTELY in preparation for a computed tomography scan of the abdomen. To encourage the child to drink, what should the nurse do?

The nurse needs to start an intravenous (IV) line on an 8-year-old child to begin administering intravenous antibiotics. The child starts to cry and tells the nurse, "Do it later, okay?" What action should the nurse take?

The nurse is preparing to give acetaminophen (Tylenol) to a child who has a fever. What nursing action is appropriate?

An appropriate method for administering oral medications that are bitter to an infant or small child should be to mix them with which?