NUR 106 Exam #2 Midterm: Pediatric
Nursing Essentials Study Guide |
2024 Edition
Withholding a dose if the apical heart rate is less than 100 beats/min - 32.
Which is the most appropriate nursing action related to the administration of
digoxin (Lanoxin) to an infant?
Counting the apical rate ...
NUR 106 Exam #2 Midterm: Pediatric
Nursing Essentials Study Guide |
2024 Edition
Withholding a dose if the apical heart rate is less than 100 beats/min - ✔✔32.
Which is the most appropriate nursing action related to the administration of
digoxin (Lanoxin) to an infant?
Counting the apical rate for 30 seconds before administering the medication
Withholding a dose if the apical heart rate is less than 100 beats/min
Repeating a dose if the child vomits within 30 minutes of the previous dose
Checking respiratory rate and blood pressure before each dose
Inflammation weakens blood vessels, leading to aneurysm - ✔✔33. The nurse is
caring for a child with a diagnosis of Kawasaki disease. The child's parent asks
the nurse, "How does Kawasaki disease affect my child's heart and blood
vessels?" On what understanding is the nurse's response based?
Inflammation weakens blood vessels, leading to aneurysm
Increased lipid levels lead to the development of atherosclerosis
Untreated diseases causes mitral valve stenosis
Altered blood flow increases cardiac workload with resulting heart failure
"If the baby turns blue, I will hold him against my shoulder with his knees bent up
towards his chest" - ✔✔34. The nurse explained how to position an infant with
tetralogy of Fallot if the infant suddenly becomes cyanotic. Which statement by
the father leads the nurse to determine he understood the instructions?
"If the baby turns blue, I will hold him against my shoulder with his knees bent up
towards his chest"
"If the baby turns blue, I will lay him down on a firm surface with his head lower
than the rest of his body"
"If the baby turns blue, I will immediately put the baby upright in an infant seat"
"If the baby turns blue, I will put the baby in supine position with his head
elevated"
, Painful, tender joints and carditis - ✔✔35. A child has an elevated
antistreptolysin O (ASO) titer. Which combination of symptoms, in conjunction
with this finding, would confirm a diagnosis of rheumatic fever?
Subcutaneous nodules and fever
Painful, tender joints and carditis
Erythema marginatum and arthralgia
Chorea and elevated sedimentation rate
An atrial septal defect - ✔✔36. Through what does the infant born with
hypoplastic left heart syndrome acquire oxygenated blood?
The patent ductus arteriosus
A ventricular septal defect
The closure of the foramen ovale
An atrial septal defect
Sydenham's chorea - ✔✔37. A child with rheumatic fever begins involuntary,
purposeless movements of her limbs. What does the nurse recognize that this
indicates?
Seizure activity
Hypoxia
Sydenham's chorea
Decreasing level of consciousness
They have little cholesterol - ✔✔38. What is accurate about the characteristics
of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs)?
They have high amounts of triglycerides
They have only small amounts of protein
They have little cholesterol
They aid in steroid production
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