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

How should the nurse measure urinary output for an infant with dehydration?

The nurse is caring for a newborn with a myelomeningocele. Before surgery, what should the nursing interventions include?

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?

A new mother asks the clinic nurse if she must continue giving her baby nystatin for thrush since the white lesions on his tongue have disappeared. What response by the nurse is most appropriate?

The nurse explains to the parents of a child with developmental hip dysplasia that the application of a Pavlik harness is necessary. In what position will the harness hold the child's femurs?

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

What is the priority nursing diagnosis for the parents of a newborn born with cleft lip and palate?

The nurse explains that cognitive impairment is categorized by four levels that depend on the intelligence quotient (IQ). How is a child with an IQ of 45 classified?

What is the major criterion for diagnosing a child as cognitively impaired?

The parents of a child recently diagnosed with sickle cell anemia ask what can be done to avoid a sickle cell crisis. What should be included in the medical management of sickle cell crisis?

The parents of a child who has been diagnosed with sickle cell anemia ask why their child experiences pain. What is the most likely cause of the pain?

What is the most common clinical manifestation of coarctation of the aorta?

How is the infant with gastroesophageal reflux (GER) typically treated?

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

The parents of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia ask about the best approach for maintaining remission of the disease. What would be the most effective therapy?

When performing an assessment of a child with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), the nurse recognizes the child will most likely experience what symptom?

What are priority nursing interventions designed to do for a 4-year-old child with cerebral palsy?

A newborn has talipes and is wearing casts. How often should the casts be changed?

What could suddenly occur in a child with acute epiglottitis?

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