NUR 4410 PEDS QUIZ 3 Questions and Answers 2024
3Berkeley College
,NUR 4410 PEDS QUIZ 3 Questions and Answers 2024-
Berkeley College
1. Which is the most consistent and commonly used data for assessment of pain in infants?
Behavioral
2. Children as young as age 3 years can use facial scales for discrimination. What are some suggested
anchor words for the preschool age group?
No hurt.
3. What is an important consideration when using the FACES pain rating scale with children?
The scale can be used with most children as young as 3 years.
4. What describes nonpharmacologic techniques for pain management?
They may reduce pain perception
5. Which nonpharmacologic intervention appears to be effective in decreasing neonatal procedural pain?
Oral sucrose and nonnutritive sucking
6. A 6-year-old child has patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for pain management after orthopedic
surgery. The parents are worried that their child will be in pain. What should your explanation to the
parents include?
The pump can deliver baseline and bolus dosages.
7. Which drug is usually the best choice for patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for a child in the
immediate postoperative period?
Morphine (Roxanol)
8. A child is in the intensive care unit after a motor vehicle collision. The child has numerous fractures
and is in pain that is rated 9 or 10 on a 10-point scale. In planning care, the nurse recognizes that the
indicated action is which?
Plan a preventive schedule of pain medication around the clock.
9. The parents of a preterm infant in a neonatal intensive care unit are concerned about their infant
experiencing pain from so many procedures. The nurses response should be based on which
characteristic about preterm infants pain?
They perceive and react to pain in much the same manner as children and adults.
, NUR 4410 PEDS QUIZ 3 Questions and Answers 2024-
Berkeley College
10. A preterm infant has just been admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. The infants parents ask the
nurse about anesthesia and analgesia when painful procedures are necessary. What should the nurses
explanation be?
Pain pathways and neurochemical systems associated with pain transmission are intact and
functional in neonates.
11. A bone marrow aspiration and biopsy are needed on a school-age child. The most appropriate action
to provide analgesia during the procedure is which?
Use a combination of fentanyl and midazolam for conscious sedation.
12. What is a significant common side effect that occurs with opioid administration?
Constipation
13. The nurse is caring for a child receiving a continuous intravenous (IV) low-dose infusion of morphine
for severe postoperative pain. The nurse observes a slower respiratory rate, and the child cannot be
aroused. The most appropriate management of this child is for the nurse to do which first?
Administer naloxone (Narcan).
14. The nurse is teaching a staff development program about levels of sedation in the pediatric population.
Which statement by one of the participants should indicate a correct understanding of the teaching?
During moderate sedation, the patient responds to verbal commands but may not respond to light
tactile stimulation.
15. The nurse is planning to administer a nonopioid for pain relief to a child. Which timing should the
nurse plan so the nonopioid takes effect?
1 hour until maximum effect
16. The nurse is planning pain control for a child. Which is the advantage of administering pain
medication by the intravenous (IV) bolus route?
Provides most rapid onset of effect, usually in about 5 minutes
17. The nurse is teaching the parents of a child with recurrent headaches methods to modify behavior
patterns that increase the risk of headache. Which statement by the parents indicates understanding the
teaching?
We will respond matter-of-factly to requests for special attention.
18. Which is a complication that can occur after abdominal surgery if pain is not managed?
Atelectasis
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