NURS 1230 PEDIATRICS EXAM #2 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
What is cerebral palsy? Answer - abnormal development of, or damage to, the
motor areas of the brain
What causes cerebral palsy? Answer - brain injury and anoxia at birth
How do you heal contractures caused by cerebal palsy? Answer - surgical
release
What is spina bifida? Answer - A birth defect in which a developing baby's
spinal cord fails to develop properly.
How do you prevent spina bifida? Answer - Folic Acid supplementation early in
pregnancy
What are 3 deficits from spina bifida? Answer - paralysis, incontinence, no
sexual stimulation
What is spina bifida occulta? Answer - section of spinal vertebrae is
malformed, cord and nerves are normal, hairy patch
, What is spina bifida meningocele? Answer - 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? Answer - 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?
Answer - protect open defects with sterile NS dressings, lie child in prone
position
What are some treatment approaches for spina bifida? Answer - surgical
correction, prevention of infection, prevent further spinal cord damage, radiant
warmers
What is scoliosis? Answer - Curvature of the spine from normal spine
positioning
Who has a poor prognosis with scoliosis? Answer - girls with right sided
scoliosis
What side are most spinal curvatures to? Answer - left
What are some treatment approaches for scoliosis? Answer - bracing, casting,
surgical interventions, spinal fusion
What is sickle cell disease? Answer - abnormal shape of RBCs
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
What is cerebral palsy? Answer - abnormal development of, or damage to, the
motor areas of the brain
What causes cerebral palsy? Answer - brain injury and anoxia at birth
How do you heal contractures caused by cerebal palsy? Answer - surgical
release
What is spina bifida? Answer - A birth defect in which a developing baby's
spinal cord fails to develop properly.
How do you prevent spina bifida? Answer - Folic Acid supplementation early in
pregnancy
What are 3 deficits from spina bifida? Answer - paralysis, incontinence, no
sexual stimulation
What is spina bifida occulta? Answer - section of spinal vertebrae is
malformed, cord and nerves are normal, hairy patch
, What is spina bifida meningocele? Answer - 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? Answer - 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?
Answer - protect open defects with sterile NS dressings, lie child in prone
position
What are some treatment approaches for spina bifida? Answer - surgical
correction, prevention of infection, prevent further spinal cord damage, radiant
warmers
What is scoliosis? Answer - Curvature of the spine from normal spine
positioning
Who has a poor prognosis with scoliosis? Answer - girls with right sided
scoliosis
What side are most spinal curvatures to? Answer - left
What are some treatment approaches for scoliosis? Answer - bracing, casting,
surgical interventions, spinal fusion
What is sickle cell disease? Answer - abnormal shape of RBCs
