_________ is used to estimate sexual maturity Correct Answers
Tanner Stages
10 yr old child being evaluated for appendicitis, vomits and then
says the pain is gone ...
A. Cancel tests & give oral Zofran
B. Prepare to discharge the patient
C. cancel tests and give IV fluid bolus
D. Notify the physician immediately Correct Answers D.
Notify the physician immediately
A 10 month old is passing stools with red blood and mucus,
what condition is suspected?
A. Cystic Fibrosis
B. Intussusception
C. Biliary Atresia
D. Anal Fissure Correct Answers B. Intussusception
A 2 week old had a hard knot on the abdomen and had been
projectile vomiting. What is likely?
A. Mom is overfeeding the infant
B. This could be a tumor
C. Pyloric Stenosis
D. Celiac Disease Correct Answers C. Pyloric Stenosis
,A 4-year-old boy is hospitalized with a serious bacterial
infection. He tells the nurse that he is sick because he was "bad."
Which of the following is the nurse's best interpretation of this
comment?
A. Sign of stress
B. Common at this age
C. Suggestive of maladaptation
D. Suggestive of excessive discipline at home Correct Answers
Common at this age
Preschoolers cannot understand the cause and effect of illness.
Their egocentrism makes them think they are directly
responsible for events, making them feel guilt for things outside
of their control.
A baby is delivered with intestines outside of the body, not
occurring near the umbilicus. This is?
A. Gastroschesis
B. Omphalocele Correct Answers A. Gastroschesis
A BRAT diet is recommended for children with acute diarrhea.
True
False Correct Answers False
A child is looking ill tripod posturing, drooling, and has a fever.
What dx is suspected?
A. Tracheitis
, B. Gastroenteritis
C. Epigottitis
D. Heart Failure Correct Answers C. Epigottitis
A child's weight usually triples by what age? Correct Answers
12 months
A combination of back blows and chest thrusts is used for
infants with a foreign body obstruction that has been witnessed.
Correct Answers True; for children OLDER than 1 year old
abdominal thrusts are used
A group of boys ages 9 and 10 years have formed a "boys-only"
club that is open to neighborhood and school friends who have
skateboards. This should be interpreted as which of the
following?
A. Behavior that encourages bullying and sexism
B. Behavior that reinforces poor peer relationships
C. Characteristic of social development at this age
D. Characteristic of children who later are at risk for
membership in gangs Correct Answers Characteristic of social
development at this age
A group of boys ages 9-10 have formed a boys only club. This
should be viewed as?
A. Behavior that encourages bullying & sexism
B. Behavior that reinforces poor peer relationships
C. Characteristic of social development at this age