UPDATED 2024/2025 GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING PEDIATRICS EXAM 2 FINAL PEDIATRICS FINAL/ATI
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Most common post op complication of tonsillectomy? - CORRECT ANS hemorrhage
Risk time for hemorrhage after tonsillectomy? - CORRECT ANS 10 days to 2 weeks post op
Signs and symptoms of hemorrhage after tonsillectomy? - CORRECT ANS restlessness, swallowing frequently, low BP (...
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GALEN COLLEGE OF NURSING PEDIATRICS
EXAM 2 FINAL PEDIATRICS FINAL/ATI
Most common post op complication of tonsillectomy? - CORRECT ANS
hemorrhage
Risk time for hemorrhage after tonsillectomy? - CORRECT ANS 10 days to 2
weeks post op
Signs and symptoms of hemorrhage after tonsillectomy? - CORRECT ANS
restlessness, swallowing frequently, low BP (late sign)
How should child lay post op to prevent hemorrhage from tonsillectomy? -
CORRECT ANS side lying or on abdomen
What should the child avoid after a tonsillectomy post op? - CORRECT ANS
coughing or blowing nose
How should xrays be taken to see the section of the lung behind the heart
(lingual)? - CORRECT ANS Laterally
Why are lateral xrays needed to view the lingual area? - CORRECT ANS a
common site for pneumonia
If a child is "barking" and has hoarseness and inspiratory stridor what might they
have? - CORRECT ANS croup
What does inspiratory stridor sound like? - CORRECT ANS a gasp
If stridor reduces in a child previously showing stridor, what can that mean? -
CORRECT ANS blockage and imminent respiratory failure
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EXAM 2 FINAL PEDIATRICS FINAL/ATI
Do not put anything in the __________ of a child with acute epiglottitis. -
CORRECT ANS Mouth
Acute LTB - CORRECT ANS Croup symptoms, Inflammation mucosa lining
larynx & trachea causing narrowing airway-subglottic area narrowest part causes
respiratory acidosis
Diagnosis of Asthma is - CORRECT ANS peak expiratory flow (PEF)
Treatment of Asthma is - CORRECT ANS beta agonists such as albuterol to
relieve bronchospasms
Preventing chronic problems with Asthma treatment - CORRECT ANS anti-
inflamatories such as corticosteroids
treatment for an emergency with Asthma attack - CORRECT ANS repeat
dose q15min twice, on 3rd dose call ambulance
Parents need education about beta agonists, what should a nurse advise? -
CORRECT ANS don't give them around the clock, they should be prn, do not
abuse
Common side effects of beta agonists - CORRECT ANS nervousness,
tachycardia
What is Cystic Fibrosis? - CORRECT ANS Sludge, or increased viscosity of
mucous, a build up of thick, sticky mucus in the lungs
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