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The nurse is assessing a child with a cardiac problem. The child's extremities
are cool with thready pulses, and urinary output is diminished. This is most
suggestive of which of the following? - correct answer ✔- Decreased
contractility
Which of the following procedures uses high-frequency sound waves obtained
by a transducer to produce an image of cardiac structures? - correct answer
✔- Echocardiography
Nursing interventions for the child after a cardiac catheterization would include
which of the following? - correct answer ✔- Assess the affected extremity for
temperature and color.
Which of the following is an early sign of heart failure that the nurse should
recognize? - correct answer ✔- Tachypnea
Nursing care of the infant and child with heart failure would include which of
the following? - correct answer ✔- Organize activities to allow for
uninterrupted sleep.
Which of the following heart defects causes hypoxemia and cyanosis because
desaturated venous blood is entering the systemic circulation? - correct
answer ✔- Tetralogy of Fallot
, Nurses counseling parents regarding the home care of the child with a cardiac
defect before corrective surgery should stress which of the following? - correct
answer ✔- Administer analgesics before procedure.
Therapeutic management of the child with rheumatic fever includes - correct
answer ✔- administration of penicillin.
The primary therapy for secondary hypertension in children is - correct
answer ✔- treatment of underlying cause
Which of the following is an important nursing responsibility when a
dysrhythmia is suspected? - correct answer ✔- Count the apical rate for 1 full
minute and compare with radial rate.
Assessment findings of heart failure - correct answer ✔- Sweating
- Weak, thready pulses
- Dependent edema
- Fatigue
- Tachycardia
The nurse is explaining blood components to an 8-year-old child. The nurse's
best description of platelets is that they do which of the following? - correct
answer ✔Help your body stop bleeding by forming a clot (scab) over the hurt
area
When hemoglobin falls sufficiently to produce clinical manifestations, the signs
and symptoms are caused by - correct answer ✔- tissue hypoxia
The nurse suspects a child is having an adverse reaction to a blood
transfusion. The first action by the nurse should be which of the following? -