Exam 29: The Child With Cardiovascular Dysfunction

A health care provider prescribes furosemide (Lasix),10 mg intravenously (IV)now,for a child with heart failure.The medication label states: "Furosemide (Lasix)20 mg/2 ml." The nurse prepares to administer the dose.How many milliliters will the nurse prepare to administer the dose? Fill in the blank.Record your answer in a whole number. ________________

What blood flow pattern occurs in a ventricular septal defect?

An adolescent is being placed on a calcium channel blocker.What should the nurse inform the adolescent with regard to this medication?

The nurse is caring for a child with persistent hypoxia secondary to a cardiac defect.The nurse recognizes the risk of cerebrovascular accidents (strokes)occurring.What strategy is an important objective to decrease this risk?

Seventy-two hours after cardiac surgery,a young child has a temperature of 38.4° C (101.1° F).What action should the nurse perform?

What sign/symptom is a major clinical manifestation of rheumatic fever (RF)?

A 2-year-old child is receiving digoxin (Lanoxin).The nurse should notify the practitioner and withhold the medication if the apical pulse is less than which rate?

A parent of a 7-year-old girl with a repaired ventricular septal defect (VSD)calls the cardiology clinic and reports that the child is just not herself.Her appetite is decreased,she has had intermittent fevers around 38° C (100.4° F),and now her muscles and joints ache.Based on this information,how should the nurse advise the mother?

Nursing care of the child with Kawasaki disease is challenging because of which occurrence?

Match the normal findings of an ECG with their definitions. -Represents ventricular depolarization

After returning from cardiac catheterization,the nurse monitors the child's vital signs.The heart rate should be counted for how many seconds?

A cardiac defect that allows blood to shunt from the (high pressure)left side of the heart to the (lower pressure)right side can result in which condition?

The nurse is caring for a child with Kawasaki disease in the acute phase.What clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to observe?

The nurse is preparing to give digoxin (Lanoxin)to a 9-month-old infant.The nurse checks the dose and draws up 4 ml of the drug.The most appropriate nursing action is which?

The nurse is caring for a school-age girl who has had a cardiac catheterization.The child tells the nurse that her bandage is "too wet." The nurse finds the bandage and bed soaked with blood.What nursing action is most appropriate to institute initially?

What condition is the leading cause of death after heart transplantation?

An adolescent is being placed on a beta-blocker.What should the nurse inform the adolescent with regard to this medication?

Match the cardiac terms with their definitions. -Has three leaflets

What nursing consideration is important when suctioning a young child who has had heart surgery?

Match the normal findings of an ECG with their definitions. -Represents atrial depolarization