PEDIATRICS NURSING FINAL EXAM TEST BANK
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025
Which nutritional interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care for a
pediatric client who is receiving peritoneal dialysis in the treatment of chronic
renal failure? Select all that apply.
1. Provide small, frequent meals.
2. Avoid battles over nutritional intake.
3. Administer supplements by tube feedings, if needed.
4. Implement hand hygiene frequently.
5. Perform daily catheter site care.
1. Provide small, frequent meals.
2. Avoid battles over nutritional intake.
3. Administer supplements by tube feedings, if needed.
Which interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care for a pediatric
client who is receiving peritoneal dialysis in the treatment of chronic renal failure
to prevent infection? Select all that apply.
1. Provide small, frequent meals.
2. Avoid battles over nutritional intake.
3. Administer supplements by tube feedings, if needed.
4. Implement hand hygiene frequently.
,5.Perform daily catheter site care
3. Administer supplements by tube feedings, if needed.
4. Implement hand hygiene frequently.
Nurse caring for school age child with primary nephrotic syndrome and taking
prednisone. Following 1 week of treatment, which manifestations indicates to
nurse that the medication is effective?
A. Decreased edema
B. Increased abdominal girth
C. Decreased appetite
D. Increased protein in the urine
A. Decreased edema
Nurse is planning care to address nutritional needs for preschooler with cystic
fibrosis. Which interventions should the nurse include in plans?
a. Administer pancreatic enzymes 2 hr after meals.
b. Discontinue the use of pancreatic enzymes if steatorrhea develops.
c. Limit fluid intake to 750 mL per day.
d. Increase fat content in the child's diet to 40% of total calories.
d. Increase fat content in the child's diet to 40% of total calories.
,Nurse provides dietary teaching to guardian of school age child with cystic
fibrosis. Which statements should nurse make?
a. "You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout the
day."
b. "You should decrease your child's dietary fat intake to less than 10% of their
caloric intake."
c. "You should restrict your child's calorie intake to 1,200 per day."
d. "You should give your child a multivitamin once weekly."
a. "You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout the
day."
The nurse is providing care to a pediatric client, diagnosed with inflammatory
bowel disease, who is prescribed daily prednisone. Which parental statement
regarding administration of this drug indicates correct understanding of the
teaching provided by the nurse?
1. "I will administer this medication between meals."
2. "I will administer this medication at bedtime."
3. "I will administer this medication one hour before meals."
4. "I will administer this medication with meals."
4. "I will administer this medication with meals."
, Which assessment data would cause the nurse to suspect that a 3-year-old child
has Hirschsprung disease?
1. Clay-colored stools and dark urine
2. History of early passage of meconium in the newborn period
3. History of chronic, progressive constipation and failure to gain weight
4. Continual bouts of foul-smelling diarrhea
3. History of chronic, progressive constipation and failure to gain weight
An adolescent client reports recurrent abdominal pain with diarrhea and bloody
stools. Which type of inflammatory bowel disease does the nurse suspect based
on these data?
1. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
2. Ulcerative colitis (UC)
3. Crohn disease
4. Appendicitis
2. Ulcerative colitis (UC)
The nurse is assessing abdominal girth for a pediatric client who presents with
abdominal distension. Which nursing action is appropriate?
1. Measuring the girth just below the umbilicus
2. Measuring the girth just below the sternum
3. Measuring the girth just above the pubic bone
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025
Which nutritional interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care for a
pediatric client who is receiving peritoneal dialysis in the treatment of chronic
renal failure? Select all that apply.
1. Provide small, frequent meals.
2. Avoid battles over nutritional intake.
3. Administer supplements by tube feedings, if needed.
4. Implement hand hygiene frequently.
5. Perform daily catheter site care.
1. Provide small, frequent meals.
2. Avoid battles over nutritional intake.
3. Administer supplements by tube feedings, if needed.
Which interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care for a pediatric
client who is receiving peritoneal dialysis in the treatment of chronic renal failure
to prevent infection? Select all that apply.
1. Provide small, frequent meals.
2. Avoid battles over nutritional intake.
3. Administer supplements by tube feedings, if needed.
4. Implement hand hygiene frequently.
,5.Perform daily catheter site care
3. Administer supplements by tube feedings, if needed.
4. Implement hand hygiene frequently.
Nurse caring for school age child with primary nephrotic syndrome and taking
prednisone. Following 1 week of treatment, which manifestations indicates to
nurse that the medication is effective?
A. Decreased edema
B. Increased abdominal girth
C. Decreased appetite
D. Increased protein in the urine
A. Decreased edema
Nurse is planning care to address nutritional needs for preschooler with cystic
fibrosis. Which interventions should the nurse include in plans?
a. Administer pancreatic enzymes 2 hr after meals.
b. Discontinue the use of pancreatic enzymes if steatorrhea develops.
c. Limit fluid intake to 750 mL per day.
d. Increase fat content in the child's diet to 40% of total calories.
d. Increase fat content in the child's diet to 40% of total calories.
,Nurse provides dietary teaching to guardian of school age child with cystic
fibrosis. Which statements should nurse make?
a. "You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout the
day."
b. "You should decrease your child's dietary fat intake to less than 10% of their
caloric intake."
c. "You should restrict your child's calorie intake to 1,200 per day."
d. "You should give your child a multivitamin once weekly."
a. "You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout the
day."
The nurse is providing care to a pediatric client, diagnosed with inflammatory
bowel disease, who is prescribed daily prednisone. Which parental statement
regarding administration of this drug indicates correct understanding of the
teaching provided by the nurse?
1. "I will administer this medication between meals."
2. "I will administer this medication at bedtime."
3. "I will administer this medication one hour before meals."
4. "I will administer this medication with meals."
4. "I will administer this medication with meals."
, Which assessment data would cause the nurse to suspect that a 3-year-old child
has Hirschsprung disease?
1. Clay-colored stools and dark urine
2. History of early passage of meconium in the newborn period
3. History of chronic, progressive constipation and failure to gain weight
4. Continual bouts of foul-smelling diarrhea
3. History of chronic, progressive constipation and failure to gain weight
An adolescent client reports recurrent abdominal pain with diarrhea and bloody
stools. Which type of inflammatory bowel disease does the nurse suspect based
on these data?
1. Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
2. Ulcerative colitis (UC)
3. Crohn disease
4. Appendicitis
2. Ulcerative colitis (UC)
The nurse is assessing abdominal girth for a pediatric client who presents with
abdominal distension. Which nursing action is appropriate?
1. Measuring the girth just below the umbilicus
2. Measuring the girth just below the sternum
3. Measuring the girth just above the pubic bone
