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NGN ATI RN PEDIATRICS 2023 AND 2019 ACTUAL
EXAMS EACH EXAM WITH 70 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) WITH RATIONALES
[ALREADY GRADED A+] BRAND NEW!!!
A nurse is caring for a newly admitted school age child who has
hypopituitarism. Which of the following medications should the
nurse expect the provider to prescribe?
a. Desmopressin
b. Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
c. Recombinant growth hormone
d. Levothyroxine - ANSWER-C
Desmopressin is used to treat the hyposecretion of
antidiuretic hormones.
Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone is used in the
treatment of precocious puberty to slow prepubertal growth
in children and in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer
in adult clients.
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Recombinant growth hormone injections are used to treat
hypopituitarism, which inhibits cell growth and results in
growth failure. The nurse should expect the provider to
prescribe this treatment.
Levothyroxine is used to treat various hypothyroid
conditions.
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to he parents of a 3
month old infant following a cheiloplasty. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include?
a. "clean your baby's sutures daily with a mixture of chlorhexidine
and water."
b. "expect your baby to swallow more than usual over the next
few days."
c. "inspect your baby's tongue for white patches using a tongue
depressor every 8 hours."
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d. "apply a thin layer of antibiotic ointment on your baby's suture
line daily for the next 3 days." - ANSWER-D
The nurse should instruct the parents to clean the infant's
sutures with sterile water or diluted hydrogen peroxide.
The nurse should instruct the parents to notify the provider
of excessive swallowing because this can indicate bleeding
and the infant's swallowing of blood.
The nurse should instruct the parents to avoid placing
objects, such as tongue depressors, in the infant's mouth to
prevent injury to the suture line.
The nurse should instruct the parents to apply a thin layer of
antibiotic ointment on the infant's suture line daily for 3 days
and then continue to apply petroleum jelly to the area for
several weeks to promote healing.
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A nurse is caring for a school age child who has peripheral
edema. The nurse should identify that which of the following
assessments should be performed to confirm peripheral edema?
a. palpate the dorsum of the child's feet
b. weigh the child daily using the same scale
c. assess the child's skin turgor
d. observe the child for periorbital swelling - ANSWER-A
The nurse should palpate the dorsum of the feet by pressing
the fingertip against a bony prominence for 5 seconds to
assess for peripheral edema.
Weighing the child daily might indicate that the child has
retained fluid. However, this is not a method the nurse
should use to assess for peripheral edema.
Assessing the child's skin turgor measures the elasticity and
mobility of the skin. However, this is not a method the nurse
should use to assess for peripheral edema.
NGN ATI RN PEDIATRICS 2023 AND 2019 ACTUAL
EXAMS EACH EXAM WITH 70 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) WITH RATIONALES
[ALREADY GRADED A+] BRAND NEW!!!
A nurse is caring for a newly admitted school age child who has
hypopituitarism. Which of the following medications should the
nurse expect the provider to prescribe?
a. Desmopressin
b. Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
c. Recombinant growth hormone
d. Levothyroxine - ANSWER-C
Desmopressin is used to treat the hyposecretion of
antidiuretic hormones.
Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone is used in the
treatment of precocious puberty to slow prepubertal growth
in children and in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer
in adult clients.
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Recombinant growth hormone injections are used to treat
hypopituitarism, which inhibits cell growth and results in
growth failure. The nurse should expect the provider to
prescribe this treatment.
Levothyroxine is used to treat various hypothyroid
conditions.
A nurse is providing discharge teaching to he parents of a 3
month old infant following a cheiloplasty. Which of the following
instructions should the nurse include?
a. "clean your baby's sutures daily with a mixture of chlorhexidine
and water."
b. "expect your baby to swallow more than usual over the next
few days."
c. "inspect your baby's tongue for white patches using a tongue
depressor every 8 hours."
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d. "apply a thin layer of antibiotic ointment on your baby's suture
line daily for the next 3 days." - ANSWER-D
The nurse should instruct the parents to clean the infant's
sutures with sterile water or diluted hydrogen peroxide.
The nurse should instruct the parents to notify the provider
of excessive swallowing because this can indicate bleeding
and the infant's swallowing of blood.
The nurse should instruct the parents to avoid placing
objects, such as tongue depressors, in the infant's mouth to
prevent injury to the suture line.
The nurse should instruct the parents to apply a thin layer of
antibiotic ointment on the infant's suture line daily for 3 days
and then continue to apply petroleum jelly to the area for
several weeks to promote healing.
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A nurse is caring for a school age child who has peripheral
edema. The nurse should identify that which of the following
assessments should be performed to confirm peripheral edema?
a. palpate the dorsum of the child's feet
b. weigh the child daily using the same scale
c. assess the child's skin turgor
d. observe the child for periorbital swelling - ANSWER-A
The nurse should palpate the dorsum of the feet by pressing
the fingertip against a bony prominence for 5 seconds to
assess for peripheral edema.
Weighing the child daily might indicate that the child has
retained fluid. However, this is not a method the nurse
should use to assess for peripheral edema.
Assessing the child's skin turgor measures the elasticity and
mobility of the skin. However, this is not a method the nurse
should use to assess for peripheral edema.
