NRSG 421 PEDIATRICS FINAL EXAM 2025 ACTUAL
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a female child, age 6, is brought to the health clinic for a
routine checkup. To assess the child's vision, the nurse
should ask:
a) "Do you have any problems seeing different colours?"
b) "Do you have trouble seeing at night?"
c) "Do you have problems with glare?"
d) "How are you doing in school?" - Answer-- D
- get a better understanding is school is difficult for them or
not, get them to explain further, tell you more
which age-group is most likely to view illness and
hospitalization as a punishment - Answer-preschoolers =
not able to concrete think yet beyond this, think they did
something bad
is advil or aspirin safer for a child - Answer-- advil
- aspirin only safe over 18, can cause reyes syndrome
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which solid foods should you introduce to infants first? -
Answer-- rice cereal
- introduced at 6 months, fortified (added vitamins and
minerals)
- rice over wheat because wheat is a higher allergen
which foods should be avoided for longer in infants? -
Answer-- cow's milk = until 1 year
- eggs = 9-12 months
- high allergy foods = 9 months = nuts, eggs, wheat, cow's
milk, shellfish, soy
- honey = 2 years
why do children have a higher chance on rupturing their
appendix? - Answer-children have a harder time
communicating their pain, harder to assess pain, appendix
gets bigger and ruptures
when should an infant be able to sit up unsupported? -
Answer-- 6 months
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what is the most common IV fluid ordered for a child with
appendicitis? - Answer-- d5NS
- go to isotonic solution in peds, little bit of dextrose
- sick kids have increased metabolism - uses sugar up
faster
- don't eat or drink as much
early signs of respiratory distress - Answer-· Sitting upright
· Increased respiratory rate
· Irritability
· Increased heart rate
· Retractions
· Use of accessory muscles
· Auscultation - decreased air entry, wheezes
late signs of respiratory distress - Answer-· Change in
blood pressure
· RR & HR way higher
· Diaphoretic
· Colour is changing, cyanosis
· Drooling - epiglottitis