1. A nurse is assisting a child who has multiple closed B. Compartment syn-
fractures of the lower extremities due to a motor-vehi- drome
cle crash. The nurse should monitor the child for which
of the following complications during the first 24 hr.
after the injury occurred?
A. Osteomyelitis
B. Compartment syndrome
C. Volkmann ischemic contracture
D. Renal calculi
2. A nurse is teaching the parent of a toddler who has B. Avoid foods containing
phenylketonuria about meal planning. Which of the milk products
following information should the nurse include in the
teaching?
A. Use aspartame as sugar substitute
B. Avoid foods containing milk products
C. Increase the toddler's protein consumption
D. Limit foods high in iron
3. A nurse at an inpatient facility is planning care for a C. Keep staff visits with the
child who has autism spectrum disorder. Which of the child brief
following interventions should the nurse include in the
plan of care?
A. Vary daily routines when providing care for the child
B. Keep the television on in the child's room for back-
ground noise
C. Keep staff visits with the child brief
D. Place the child in a semiprivate room
4. A nurse is assisting an infant who has severe dehy- C. Increase respiratory rate
dration due to gastroenteritis. Which of the following
findings should the nurse expect?
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A. Increase urine output
B. Hypertension
C. Increase respiratory rate
D. Capillary refill of 2 seconds
5. A nurse is planning care for a child who has cystic D. Use a vest to per-
fibrosis. Which of the following interventions should form high-frequency chest
the nurse plan to include? compressions
A. Restrict the child's physical activity to promote rest
B. Administer pancreatic enzymes by mouth 1 hr. prior
to each meal (Pancreatic enzymes should be taken
within 30 minutes of eating)
C. Provide the child with low sodium diet
D. Use a vest to perform high-frequency chest com-
pressions
6. A nurse is teaching the parent of a school age child B. Your child should walk
about bicycle safety. Which of the following instruc- the bicycle through inter-
tions should the nurse include in the teaching? sections
A. Your child's feet should be 3 to 6 inches off the
ground when seated on the bicycle
B. Your child should walk the bicycle through intersec-
tions
C. Your child should keep the bicycle at least 3 feet from
the curb while riding in the street
D. Your child should ride the bicycle against the flow of
traffic
7. A nurse is preparing a child for a lumbar puncture. In A. Lateral
which of the following positions should the child be
placed for the procedure?
A. Lateral
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B. Prone
C. Semi-fowler
D. Supine
8. A nurse is reviewing the complete blood count results D. RBC count 5/mm
for a child who is receiving treatment for acute lym-
phoblastic leukemia. Which of the following findings
should indicate to the nurse that the treatment is hav-
ing a therapeutic effect?
A. WBC count 15.000/mm
B. Hemoglobin 6.8 g/dL
C. Platelet count 98.0000/mm
D. RBC count 5/mm
9. A nurse is caring for a school age child who has per- A. Report the diagnosis to
tussis. Which of the following actions should the nurse the public health depart-
take? ment
A. Report the diagnosis to the public health depart-
ment
B. Place the child in a protected environment for 48hr
C. Administer the pertussis vaccine
D. Restrict oral fluids to 500mL per day
10. A nurse is assessing a week-old infant. The nurse C. Excessive sucking (Gas-
should identify which of the following manifestations trointestinal: poor feed-
can indicate neonatal abstinence syndrome? ing, regurgitation (pro-
A. Frequent coughing jectile vomiting), diarrhea,
B. Constipation and excessive, uncoordi-
C. Excessive sucking nated, and constant suck-
D. Lethargy ing)
11. A nurse is preparing to initiate IV antibiotic therapy for A. Use a 22-gauge catheter
a newly admitted 12-month-old infant. Which of the to the start the IV