NURS 1230 PEDIATRICS EXAM #2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NURS
1230 PEDS EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What is cerebral palsy? - ANS ✔✔abnormal development of, or damage to, the motor areas of the brain
What causes cerebral palsy? - ANS ✔✔brain injury and anoxia at birth
How do you heal contractures caused by cerebal palsy? - ANS ✔✔surgical release
What is spina bifida? - ANS ✔✔A birth defect in which a developing baby's spinal cord fails to develop
properly.
How do you prevent spina bifida? - ANS ✔✔Folic Acid supplementation early in pregnancy
What are 3 deficits from spina bifida? - ANS ✔✔paralysis, incontinence, no sexual stimulation
What is spina bifida occulta? - ANS ✔✔section of spinal vertebrae is malformed, cord and nerves are
normal, hairy patch
What is spina bifida meningocele? - ANS ✔✔Membrane around cord is enlarged with cyst-like sac, spinal
cord is protruding out but still protected by myelin sheath
What is spina bifida myelomeningocele? - ANS ✔✔Severe form of spina bifida herniation of the
meninges, cerebral spinal fluid and the spinal cord extend through the spinal column and a cyst forms.
Not protected by myelin sheath
What are nursing interventions for meningocele and myelomeningocele? - ANS ✔✔protect open defects
with sterile NS dressings, lie child in prone position
What are some treatment approaches for spina bifida? - ANS ✔✔surgical correction, prevention of
infection, prevent further spinal cord damage, radiant warmers
What is scoliosis? - ANS ✔✔Curvature of the spine from normal spine positioning
Who has a poor prognosis with scoliosis? - ANS ✔✔girls with right sided scoliosis
What side are most spinal curvatures to? - ANS ✔✔left
What are some treatment approaches for scoliosis? - ANS ✔✔bracing, casting, surgical interventions,
spinal fusion
What is sickle cell disease? - ANS ✔✔abnormal shape of RBCs
What does a sickle shape of RBCs cause? - ANS ✔✔blood becomes more viscous, cells clump together
preventing normal blood flowing to the tissues of that area
1230 PEDS EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What is cerebral palsy? - ANS ✔✔abnormal development of, or damage to, the motor areas of the brain
What causes cerebral palsy? - ANS ✔✔brain injury and anoxia at birth
How do you heal contractures caused by cerebal palsy? - ANS ✔✔surgical release
What is spina bifida? - ANS ✔✔A birth defect in which a developing baby's spinal cord fails to develop
properly.
How do you prevent spina bifida? - ANS ✔✔Folic Acid supplementation early in pregnancy
What are 3 deficits from spina bifida? - ANS ✔✔paralysis, incontinence, no sexual stimulation
What is spina bifida occulta? - ANS ✔✔section of spinal vertebrae is malformed, cord and nerves are
normal, hairy patch
What is spina bifida meningocele? - ANS ✔✔Membrane around cord is enlarged with cyst-like sac, spinal
cord is protruding out but still protected by myelin sheath
What is spina bifida myelomeningocele? - ANS ✔✔Severe form of spina bifida herniation of the
meninges, cerebral spinal fluid and the spinal cord extend through the spinal column and a cyst forms.
Not protected by myelin sheath
What are nursing interventions for meningocele and myelomeningocele? - ANS ✔✔protect open defects
with sterile NS dressings, lie child in prone position
What are some treatment approaches for spina bifida? - ANS ✔✔surgical correction, prevention of
infection, prevent further spinal cord damage, radiant warmers
What is scoliosis? - ANS ✔✔Curvature of the spine from normal spine positioning
Who has a poor prognosis with scoliosis? - ANS ✔✔girls with right sided scoliosis
What side are most spinal curvatures to? - ANS ✔✔left
What are some treatment approaches for scoliosis? - ANS ✔✔bracing, casting, surgical interventions,
spinal fusion
What is sickle cell disease? - ANS ✔✔abnormal shape of RBCs
What does a sickle shape of RBCs cause? - ANS ✔✔blood becomes more viscous, cells clump together
preventing normal blood flowing to the tissues of that area
