and Answers[Graded A+].
ATI Peds SCD and Cardiac questions.
A nurse is admitting a 9-year old who has acute rheumatic fever. When obtaining the client's history, it is
appropriate for the nurse to ask the parent which of the following questions?
a. "Has your son had a sore throat recently?"
b. "Was your son born with a cardiac defect?"
c. "Has your child had any injuries recently?"
d. "Are you aware that your son will have to be in isolation?"-ANS-A. Rheumatic fever typically develops
2-6 weeks after an untreated or ineffectively treated strep infection of the respiratory tract. It is
appropraite to determine whether or not the child previously had a sore throat.
A nurse is discharging a child with sickle cell anemia after an acute crisis episode. Which of the following
should the nurse teach the child's parents to do?
a. Monitor the child's temperature daily.
b. Restrict outdoor play activity to 1 hr per day
c. Encourage the child to drink lots of fluids.
d. Have the child eat a high-protein diet.-ANS-C. Preventing dehydration is an important step in
preventing a sickle cell crisis. The nurse should give the parents a specialized amount of fluid that the
child should drink each day.