RICCI Peds review Exam 1 questions
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Bowel prep for... - correct answer ✔✔colonoscopy or bowel surgery
Cleansing enema for... - correct answer ✔✔Severe constipation or impaction
Icteric - correct answer ✔✔Jaundiced or yellow in color
Total parental nutrition (TPN) - correct answer ✔✔Long term NPO status, swallowing or
absorption difficulties
Ostomy - correct answer ✔✔Imperforate anus, gastroschisis, Hirschsprung disease
Steps for an abdominal assessment
1. palpation
2. inspection
3. percussion
4. auscultation - correct answer ✔✔2. inspection
4. auscultation
3. percussion
4. auscultation
STOMA stands for - correct answer ✔✔1. Set up equipment
2. Take off pouch
, 3. Observe the stoma and surrounding skin
4. measure the stoma and mark the new pouch backing
5. apply new pouch
Infants and children repeatedly put objects into their mouth for exploration. Why is this
considered a risk factor for gastrointestinal illness? - correct answer ✔✔The mouth is highly
vascular making it a common entry point for infectious invaders. This increases the infants and
young child's risk for contraction of infectious agents via the mouth
How is acute hepatitis typically treated? - correct answer ✔✔Rest, hydration, nutrition
What complications are of the most concern during infancy for the child with a cleft palate? -
correct answer ✔✔1. Feeding, the deformity often prevents the infant from being able to form
an adequate seal around a nipple, preventing the ability to suction nutrients and causes
excessive air intake. Feeding times are greatly extended, which causes insufficient intake and
fatigue, both being precursors to problems with normal growth. Cleft palate can also lead to
gagging, choking, and nasal regurgitation of milk during feedings.
Discuss the signs + symptoms that would indicate that an infant has pyloric stenosis. - correct
answer ✔✔1. Forceful non-bilious emesis that is not related to the feeding position of the
infant. Subsequent weight loss, dehydration, and lethargy, these symptoms commonly occur
within the first 2-4 weeks of life. A family history increases the risk. Physical assessment findings
reveal a hard, movable "olive-like mass" that is palpable in the right upper quadrant of the
infant's abdomen.
A 4-month-old has a fever, vomiting, and loose watery stools ever few hours for 2 days. The
mother calls the physician's office and asks the nurse what she should do. Which response by
the nurse is the MOST appropriate?
a. "Do not give your child anything to drink for 4 hours. If the fever goes down and the loose
stools stop, you can resume breastfeeding"
b. "Continue breastfeeding as you have been doing. The fluid from the breast milk is important
to maintain fluid balance"
well answered already passed
Bowel prep for... - correct answer ✔✔colonoscopy or bowel surgery
Cleansing enema for... - correct answer ✔✔Severe constipation or impaction
Icteric - correct answer ✔✔Jaundiced or yellow in color
Total parental nutrition (TPN) - correct answer ✔✔Long term NPO status, swallowing or
absorption difficulties
Ostomy - correct answer ✔✔Imperforate anus, gastroschisis, Hirschsprung disease
Steps for an abdominal assessment
1. palpation
2. inspection
3. percussion
4. auscultation - correct answer ✔✔2. inspection
4. auscultation
3. percussion
4. auscultation
STOMA stands for - correct answer ✔✔1. Set up equipment
2. Take off pouch
, 3. Observe the stoma and surrounding skin
4. measure the stoma and mark the new pouch backing
5. apply new pouch
Infants and children repeatedly put objects into their mouth for exploration. Why is this
considered a risk factor for gastrointestinal illness? - correct answer ✔✔The mouth is highly
vascular making it a common entry point for infectious invaders. This increases the infants and
young child's risk for contraction of infectious agents via the mouth
How is acute hepatitis typically treated? - correct answer ✔✔Rest, hydration, nutrition
What complications are of the most concern during infancy for the child with a cleft palate? -
correct answer ✔✔1. Feeding, the deformity often prevents the infant from being able to form
an adequate seal around a nipple, preventing the ability to suction nutrients and causes
excessive air intake. Feeding times are greatly extended, which causes insufficient intake and
fatigue, both being precursors to problems with normal growth. Cleft palate can also lead to
gagging, choking, and nasal regurgitation of milk during feedings.
Discuss the signs + symptoms that would indicate that an infant has pyloric stenosis. - correct
answer ✔✔1. Forceful non-bilious emesis that is not related to the feeding position of the
infant. Subsequent weight loss, dehydration, and lethargy, these symptoms commonly occur
within the first 2-4 weeks of life. A family history increases the risk. Physical assessment findings
reveal a hard, movable "olive-like mass" that is palpable in the right upper quadrant of the
infant's abdomen.
A 4-month-old has a fever, vomiting, and loose watery stools ever few hours for 2 days. The
mother calls the physician's office and asks the nurse what she should do. Which response by
the nurse is the MOST appropriate?
a. "Do not give your child anything to drink for 4 hours. If the fever goes down and the loose
stools stop, you can resume breastfeeding"
b. "Continue breastfeeding as you have been doing. The fluid from the breast milk is important
to maintain fluid balance"
