NR 328 Quiz 3

1. Question: The nurse is caring for a boy with probable intussusception. He had diarrhea before admission but, while waiting for administration of air pressure to reduce the intussusception, he passes a normal brown stool. The most appropriate nursing action is to: 2. Question: An infant with pyloric stenosis experiences excessive vomiting that can result in: 3. Question: Which description of a stool is characteristic of intussusception? 4. Question: Therapeutic management of most children with Hirschsprung’s disease is primarily: 5. Question: A parasite that causes acute diarrhea is: 6. Question: A young child is brought to the emergency department with severe dehydration secondary to acute diarrhea and vomiting. Therapeutic management of this child will begin with: 7. Question: A young girl has just injured her ankle at school. In addition to calling the child’s parents, the most appropriate immediate action by the school nurse is to: 8. Question: An appropriate nursing intervention when caring for a child in traction is to: 9. Question: A neonate is born with mild clubfeet. When the parents ask the nurse how this will be corrected, the nurse should explain that: 10. Question: Which term is used to describe a type of fracture that does not produce a break in the skin? 11. Question: A nurse is conducting discharge teaching for parents of an infant with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Further teaching is indicated if the parents make which statement?