Exam 31: Care of the Child with a Physical and Mental or Cognitive Disorder

What is the best time to administer pancreatic enzyme replacement?

When the nurse performs the initial assessment of an adolescent with depression,what is the most important question to ask?

When assessing the laboratory values of a child with nephrosis,the nurse anticipates which results? (Select all that apply.)

What assessment findings should lead the nurse to suspect Down syndrome in a newborn?

The nurse is recording a history for a child who has been diagnosed with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP).What is a finding that is characteristic of this disorder?

Parents of a school-age child ask the nurse for suggestions in helping the child who is demonstrating school avoidance.What is an appropriate suggestion by the nurse?

The nurse reassures the anxious mother of a child with pyloric stenosis who is to have surgery that the surgical procedure,called a __________,is quickly done and the child recovers almost immediately.

When interacting with the parents of a SIDS infant, the nurse should attempt to assist the parents with:

What most influences the severity of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)?

Which laboratory results should the nurse anticipate to be abnormal in a child with hemophilia?

What is the hallmark sign of intussusception?

The nurse uses a diagram to show that the tetralogy of Fallot involves a combination of four congenital defects.What are the defects?

An adolescent female asks the nurse about taking retinoic acid (Accutane).What guidance should be provided by the nurse?

A teenage girl has been placed in a brace for the treatment of scoliosis,the most common skeletal deformity of adolescence.The family asks what they can do to be more supportive.What suggestion of the nurse is the most appropriate?

What could suddenly occur in a child with acute epiglottitis?

The mother of a child with acute laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB)asks why her child must be kept NPO.Which responses would be the most correct?

A child has developed a diaper rash,and the parents are using zinc oxide to treat it.What does the nurse suggest to aid in the removal of the zinc oxide?

Recurrent abdominal pain (RAP)is most often seen in school-age or adolescent children.The nurse should assess closely for what potential problems?

The nurse is caring for a child who has been diagnosed as having an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).What is the most important intervention for the nurse?

What are the clinical manifestations of otitis media?