Exam 26: The Child With Gastrointestinal Dysfunction

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 preparing to admit a 5-year-old child with hepatitis A.What clinical features of hepatitis A should the nurse recognize?

A child with pyloric stenosis is having excessive vomiting.The nurse should assess for what potential complication?

The nurse is caring for a child admitted with acute abdominal pain and possible appendicitis.What intervention is appropriate to relieve the abdominal discomfort during the evaluation?

What statement is most descriptive of Meckel diverticulum?

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

The nurse is preparing to admit a 10-year-old child with appendicitis.What clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to observe?

What is the purpose in using cimetidine (Tagamet)for gastroesophageal reflux?

The nurse is preparing to admit a 7-year-old child with Crohn disease.What clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to observe?

Match the antibody or antigen to its definition. -Indicates resolving or past infection

The nurse is preparing to admit a 7-year-old child with hepatitis B.What clinical features of hepatitis B should the nurse recognize?

The nurse is preparing to admit a 6-year-old child with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).What clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to observe?

What is a high-fiber food that the nurse should recommend for a child with chronic constipation?

A child is being admitted to the hospital with acute gastroenteritis.The health care provider prescribes an antiemetic.What antiemetic does the nurse anticipate being prescribed?

An infant had a gastrostomy tube placed for feedings after a Nissen fundoplication and bolus feedings are initiated.Between feedings while the tube is clamped,the infant becomes irritable,and there is evidence of cramping.What action should the nurse implement?

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

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 mother of a child with cognitive impairment calls the nurse because her son has been gagging and drooling all morning.The nurse suspects foreign body ingestion.What physiologic occurrence is most likely responsible for the presenting signs?

What information should the nurse include when teaching an adolescent with Crohn disease (CD)?

What signs or symptoms are most commonly associated with the prodromal phase of acute viral hepatitis?