Exam 26: The Child with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

A 3-year-old child with Hirschsprung disease is hospitalized for surgery. A temporary colostomy will be necessary. How should the nurse prepare this child?

The nurse is discussing home care with a mother whose 6-year-old child has hepatitis A. What information should the nurse include?

The nurse is caring for an infant who had surgical repair of a tracheoesophageal fistula 24 hours ago. Gastrostomy feedings have not been started. What do nursing actions related to the gastrostomy tube include?

The nurse is teaching parents about high-fiber foods that can prevent constipation. What foods should the nurse include in the teaching? (Select all that apply.)

A parent of an infant with gastroesophageal reflux asks how to decrease the number and total volume of emesis. What recommendation should the nurse include in teaching this parent?

The nurse is caring for a child with celiac disease. The nurse understands that what may precipitate a celiac crisis? (Select all that apply.)

Melena, the passage of black, tarry stools, suggests bleeding from which source?

The nurse is evaluating the laboratory results of a stool sample. What is a normal finding?

A 2-year-old child has a chronic history of constipation and is brought to the clinic for evaluation. What should the therapeutic plan initially include?

The nurse should instruct parents to administer a daily proton pump inhibitor to their child with gastroesophageal reflux at which time?

A health care provider prescribes feedings of 1 to 2 oz Pedialyte every 3 hours and to advance to 1/2 strength Similac with iron as tolerated postoperatively for an infant who had a pyloromyotomy. The nurse should decide to advance the feeding if which occurs?

What term describes invagination of one segment of bowel within another?