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PEDS Ch. 31 Growth and Development Questionswith 100% Correct answers |Verified Solutions
What are aspects of suctioning a child? - ✔✔Used when secretions are audible in the airway
or when signs of airway obstruction or oxygen deficit are present. Various devices are used
such as a bulb syring or a straight suction catheter. Depth approx 1/4 to 1/2 in depending on
age of child; Timing is no longer than 5 secs; Allow 30 secs between attempts. No more than 3
attempts
What are signs a child needs suctioning? - ✔✔Pallor; restlessness or anxiety; increased pulse,
rr, & temp; dyspnea; bubbling; rattling; drooling; mouth breathing; nasal flaring; grunting;
gasping; retractions; cyanosis; and erythema (flushed face)
What was one of the major strides in pediatric care made by Dr. Abraham Jacobi? - ✔✔Milk
stations in the city of New York
What was founded by Lillian Wald? - ✔✔Henry street settlement
When the pediatric nurse is attempting to establish a trusting relationship with a child, what is
the most important and lasting thing to do? - ✔✔Be honest
What is the special category that encompasses children who have congenital abnormalities,
malignancies, GI diseases, or CNS anomalies? - ✔✔Children with special needs
The mother of a child with diabetes asks the nurse in charge of the family-centered pediatric
unit if she might see her childs laboratory reports. What response by the nurse is the most
appropriate? - ✔✔"Come to the conference room where we can have privacy while you look
at them."
, What should be the focus of a practice where the pediatric nurse uses a developmental
approach? - ✔✔Strengths and abilities of the child
When using anticipatory guidance to prepare a 5-year-old for an IM injection, what statement
by the nurse would be most appropriate? - ✔✔"Ethan I am going to give you some medicine
that will sting, but only for a little while."
When measuring the head circumference of an infant, where should the nurse place the tape
measure? - ✔✔Above the eyebrows and pinnas, and around the occipital lobe
What activity by an infant would cause a false elevation of the tympanic temperature? -
✔✔Crying vigorously
What is the correct order for assessing vital signs in an infant to ensure the accuracy of
measurements? - ✔✔Respiration, pulse, temperature
Why does obtaining the respirations of an infant require a modified approach from that of an
adult? - ✔✔Infants respiratory movements are abdominal
An 8 yr old child asks how a blood pressure is taken. What would be the most appropriate
response? - ✔✔"The armband will hug your arm and tell me how well your blood is going
through your arm."
What is the correct way to assess for the presence of jaundice in an African American child? -
✔✔Apply pressure to the gum
When discussing growth and development with the parents of a child, the nurse explains the
nutrition is the single most influence on: - ✔✔the growth of bones and muscle
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