NUR 2513 Maternal Child Final Exam Questions and Correct Answers
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Question: What type of lung sounds are common with bacterial
pneumonia?
Answer:
Crackles when inhaling
Question: What tasks are completed during a preschool health-
screening?
Answer:
vision
hearing
vaccine record
Question: When discussing an ailment with a patient, what data do you
collect FIRST?
Answer:
Background information
Question: How do parents develop the developmental task during
infancy in Erikson's theory?
Answer:
Trust vs Mistrust
Primary caregiver(s), regular interactions, positive experiences, security, calm/reassuring
attitude, feeding regular schedule/availability.
Question: Know the states of Kubler-Ross's stages of grief.
Answer:
Stages of grief- Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance
Question: Treatment for pain associated with dysmenorrhea.
Answer:
NSAID's (Advil, Motrin), Hormone treatments (combined estrogen/progestin oral
contraceptives).
,Question: What are important teaching points when a provider
prescribes an antibiotic? What illnesses do providers NOT
prescribe antibiotics for?
Answer:
Allergies
completion of Rx
viral infections
Question: Know how to administer ear and eye drops.
Answer:
EYE-Pull down lower lid, drop carefully into the conjunctival sac, instruct patient to close
eye and roll eyeball around, do not touch with dropper, gently hold gauze to soak up
excess when eye closed.
EAR-Child pull ear down and back, tilt head to opposite side. Older pull ear up and
back.
Question: What is the single most important task of a nurse during any
abuse case?
Answer:
Ensure safety and report.
Question: Know the complications of strep pharyngitis:
Answer:
Rheumatic Fever
get adequate antibiotic treatment asap
Question: Post- tonsillectomy nursing care, what is the main focus
besides pain?
Answer:
Hemorrhage/swallowing blood.
Hydration! people don't want to drink anything when they've had a tonsillectomy.
Question: Know the signs of pneumonia.
Answer:
Fluid builds in lungs: Cough (productive with greenish or yellow sputum)
Fever
crackles
, Question: What are the nursing considerations of the medication
pancrelipase?
Answer:
May interfere with Iron Absorption, risk of anemia.
Take it before or with a snack or meal
Question: Know how to use a metered-dose inhaler.
Answer:
Inhaler use: Shake, Exhale, Activate as placing in mouth and begin to inhale, long slow
inhalation, hold breath for 5-10 seconds, exhale normally. One puff at a time, one minute
between puffs.
Question: What are common treatments for croup? (Think medications)
Answer:
Cool moist air combined with a corticosteroid, such as dexamethasone, or racemic
epinephrine administered with nebulizer, Bronchodilation!
Dexamethasone.
Maintain airway and monitor fluid balance,
Humidification, Tylenol, or Ibuprofen for FEVER
Question: What is the mechanism of action of digoxin.
Answer:
Digoxin increases cardiac output and slows the heart rate.
HF, A.Fib, Improves myocardial contract ability,
Monitor pulse withhold medication as ordered, DECREASED HR, INCREASE FORCE.
Question: Know nursing care and interventions for chest tubes.
Answer:
· Child's respiratory rate remains within age-appropriate parameters; there are no rales,
crackles, or other adventitious breath sounds; chest tubes function effectively.
· Keeping the system closed and below chest level
· Monitor for bubbles in water seal chamber
· CLAMP IF TUBES BECOME DISCONNECTED
Question: What does a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) sound like?
Answer:
Machine sounding murmur!
Distinct murmur
(Graded A+) | New 2026/27 Update - Rasmussen | Questions with 100%
Verified Answers | Latest Update 2026/2027
Question: What type of lung sounds are common with bacterial
pneumonia?
Answer:
Crackles when inhaling
Question: What tasks are completed during a preschool health-
screening?
Answer:
vision
hearing
vaccine record
Question: When discussing an ailment with a patient, what data do you
collect FIRST?
Answer:
Background information
Question: How do parents develop the developmental task during
infancy in Erikson's theory?
Answer:
Trust vs Mistrust
Primary caregiver(s), regular interactions, positive experiences, security, calm/reassuring
attitude, feeding regular schedule/availability.
Question: Know the states of Kubler-Ross's stages of grief.
Answer:
Stages of grief- Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance
Question: Treatment for pain associated with dysmenorrhea.
Answer:
NSAID's (Advil, Motrin), Hormone treatments (combined estrogen/progestin oral
contraceptives).
,Question: What are important teaching points when a provider
prescribes an antibiotic? What illnesses do providers NOT
prescribe antibiotics for?
Answer:
Allergies
completion of Rx
viral infections
Question: Know how to administer ear and eye drops.
Answer:
EYE-Pull down lower lid, drop carefully into the conjunctival sac, instruct patient to close
eye and roll eyeball around, do not touch with dropper, gently hold gauze to soak up
excess when eye closed.
EAR-Child pull ear down and back, tilt head to opposite side. Older pull ear up and
back.
Question: What is the single most important task of a nurse during any
abuse case?
Answer:
Ensure safety and report.
Question: Know the complications of strep pharyngitis:
Answer:
Rheumatic Fever
get adequate antibiotic treatment asap
Question: Post- tonsillectomy nursing care, what is the main focus
besides pain?
Answer:
Hemorrhage/swallowing blood.
Hydration! people don't want to drink anything when they've had a tonsillectomy.
Question: Know the signs of pneumonia.
Answer:
Fluid builds in lungs: Cough (productive with greenish or yellow sputum)
Fever
crackles
, Question: What are the nursing considerations of the medication
pancrelipase?
Answer:
May interfere with Iron Absorption, risk of anemia.
Take it before or with a snack or meal
Question: Know how to use a metered-dose inhaler.
Answer:
Inhaler use: Shake, Exhale, Activate as placing in mouth and begin to inhale, long slow
inhalation, hold breath for 5-10 seconds, exhale normally. One puff at a time, one minute
between puffs.
Question: What are common treatments for croup? (Think medications)
Answer:
Cool moist air combined with a corticosteroid, such as dexamethasone, or racemic
epinephrine administered with nebulizer, Bronchodilation!
Dexamethasone.
Maintain airway and monitor fluid balance,
Humidification, Tylenol, or Ibuprofen for FEVER
Question: What is the mechanism of action of digoxin.
Answer:
Digoxin increases cardiac output and slows the heart rate.
HF, A.Fib, Improves myocardial contract ability,
Monitor pulse withhold medication as ordered, DECREASED HR, INCREASE FORCE.
Question: Know nursing care and interventions for chest tubes.
Answer:
· Child's respiratory rate remains within age-appropriate parameters; there are no rales,
crackles, or other adventitious breath sounds; chest tubes function effectively.
· Keeping the system closed and below chest level
· Monitor for bubbles in water seal chamber
· CLAMP IF TUBES BECOME DISCONNECTED
Question: What does a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) sound like?
Answer:
Machine sounding murmur!
Distinct murmur
