Peds-Chapter 5 Practice Questions With Correct Detailed Correct Answers Graded A+.
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A nurse is caring postoperatively for an 8-year-old child with multiple fractures and other trauma resulting from a motor vehicle injury. The child is experiencing severe pain. Which is an important consideration in managing the child's pain?
A. Give only an opioid analgesic at this time.
B. Incr...
A nurse is caring postoperatively for an 8-year-old child with multiple fractures and other trauma
resulting from a motor vehicle injury. The child is experiencing severe pain. Which is an important
consideration in managing the child's pain?
A. Give only an opioid analgesic at this time.
B. Increase the dosage of analgesic until the child is adequately sedated.
C. Plan a preventive schedule of pain medication around the clock.
D. Give the child a clock and explain when he or she can have pain medications. - correct answer
C. Plan a preventive schedule of pain medication around the clock.
Transdermal fentanyl (Duragesic) is being used for an adolescent with cancer who is in hospice care. The
adolescent has been comfortable for several hours but now complains of severe pain. The most
appropriate nursing action is to?
A. administer meperidine (Demerol) intramuscularly.
B. administer morphine sulfate immediate release (MSIR) intravenously.
C. use a nonpharmacologic strategy.
D. place another fentanyl (Duragesic) patch on the adolescent. - correct answer B.
administer morphine sulfate immediate release (MSIR) intravenously
Which type of disease presentations are associated with recurrent pain in children? Select all that apply.
A. Daily headache
B. Migraine headache
C. Abdominal pain
D. Complex regional pain syndrome
E. Phantom limb pain - correct answer B. Migraine headache
C. Abdominal pain
E. Phantom limb pain
The nurse is caring for a comatose child with multiple injuries. The nurse should recognize that pain
, A. cannot occur if child is comatose.
B. may occur if child regains consciousness.
C. requires astute nursing assessment and management.
D. is best assessed by family members who are familiar with child. - correct answer
C. requires astute nursing assessment and management.
A nurse is assessing a pediatric patient in the intensive care unit. Which finding on the COMFORT score if
noted would not require intervention relative to pain management?
A. Score of 8
B. Score of 10
C. Score of 25
D. Score of 40 - correct answer C. Score of 25
The most consistent indicator of pain in infants is?
A. increased respirations.
B. increased heart rate.
C. clenching the teeth and lips.
D. a facial expression of discomfort. - correct answer D. a facial expression of
discomfort
A nurse is starting an intravenous (IV) line for a school-age child with cancer. The child says, "I have had
a million IVs. They hurt." The nurse's response should be based on the knowledge that?
A. children tolerate pain better than adults.
B. children become accustomed to painful procedures.
C. children often lie about experiencing pain.
D. children often demonstrate increased behavioral signs of discomfort with repeated painful
procedures. - correct answer D. children often demonstrate increased behavioral
signs of discomfort with repeated painful procedures.
A child who has been receiving morphine by the intravenous (IV) route will now start receiving it orally.
In order for equianalgesia (equal analgesic effect) to be achieved, the oral dose will be?
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