Care of Healthy or At Risk Mother and Child Quiz 9

A physician prescribed Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) to a child with rheumatic fever. A nurse would doubt and question the order of the physician if there were documented evidence that the child had which of the following?

A nurse is assigned to care for a child with a suspected diagnosis of rheumatic fever. The nurse requested to have the copy to the laboratory results. The nurse reviews the result, knowing that which laboratory study would assist in confirming the diagnosis of this disease?

The nurse is caring for a child with a diagnosis of Kawasaki disease. The mother is so worried and doesn’t know how the child got the disease. The mother asks the nurse about the disorder. The nurse would tell the mother of the child that:

A child with a diagnosis of acute-stage of Kawasaki disease is admitted. The nurse caring for the child is completing an assessment. On assessment of the child, the nurse expects to note which clinical manifestation of the acute stage of the disease?

A nurse caring for the child with Kawasaki disease who just admitted to the hospital is reviewing the order of the physician. The nurse expects to note an order which of the following as part of the treatment plan for the child?

A mother brings her 3-year old child to the emergency room. The child is hospitalized because of persistent vomiting. A nurse in charge will closely monitor the child for:

A 12 months old infant has been hospitalized for diarrhea. The nurse caring for the infant is monitoring for signs of dehydration. The nursing student is assigned to take the temperature of the client. The nurse would instruct the student that in taking temperature with the infant suffering from diarrhea to avoid which method of measurement?

The mother of a child with cleft palate is asking the nurse regarding the proper feeding of her child. The nurse provides instruction to the mother. Which of the following statement if made by the mother indicates a need for additional instruction?

An infant underwent a surgical repair of a cleft lip located on the right side of the lip. The infant has return to the nursing unit. The nurse is aware that the infant has just undergone a lip surgery. The nurse places the infant in which most appropriate position?

The mother of a child with a diagnosis of esophageal atresia with tracheoesopahgeal fistula brings her child to the clinic. A nurse reviews the record of the infant. And the nurse expects to note which most likely sign of this condition documented in the record?