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A Nurse Is Conducting a Postoperative Assessment on an Infant

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A nurse is conducting a postoperative assessment on an infant who has just had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt placed for hydrocephalus. Which assessment finding would indicate a malfunction in the shunt?


A) Incisional pain
B) Movement of all extremities
C) Negative Brudzinski sign
D) Bulging fontanel

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