TEST BANK Pediatric Nursing- A Case-Based Approach 2nd Edition by Tagher Knapp Chapters 1 - 34 | All Chapters

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TEST BANK
Pediatric Nursing- A Case-Based Approach
2nd Edition by Tagher Knapp
Chapters 1 - 34 | All Chapters

,PediatricxcNursing-xcAxcCase-BasedxcApproachxc

, PediatricxcNursing-xcAxcCase-BasedxcApproachxc


Chapterxc1:x c Bronchiolitis


1. Whichxcinterventionxcisxcappropriatexcforxcthexcinfantxchospitalizedxcwithxcbronchiolitis?
a. Positionxconxcthexcsidexcwithxcneckxcslightlyxcflexed.
b. Administerxcantibioticsxcasxcordered.
c. Restrictxcoralxcandxcparenteralxcfluidsxcifxctachypneic.
d. Givexccool,xchumidifiedxcoxyge
n.xcANSWER:xcD
Cool,xchumidifiedxcoxygenxcisxcgivenxctoxcrelievexcdyspnea,xchypoxemia,xcandxcinsensiblexcfluidxclossxcfrom
tachypnea.xcThexcinfantxcshouldxcbexcpositionedxcwithxcthexcheadxcandxcchestxcelevatedxcatxcaxc30-
xctoxc40-

degreexcanglexcandxcthexcneckxcslightlyxcextendedxctoxcmaintainxcanxcopenxcairwayxcandxcdecreasexcpre
ssurexconxcthexcdiaphragm.xcThexcetiologyxcofxcbronchiolitisxcisxcviral.xcAntibioticsxcarexcgivenxconlyxci
fxctherexcisxcaxcsecondaryxcbacterialxcinfection.xcTachypneaxcincreasesxcinsensiblexcfluidxcloss.xcIfxcthex
cinfantxcisxctachypneic,xcfluidsxcarexcgivenxcparenterallyxctoxcpreventxcdehydration.



2. Anxcinfantxcwithxcbronchiolitisxcisxchospitalized.xcThexccausativexcorganismxcisxcrespiratoryxcsyn
cytialxcvirusxc(RSV).xcThexcnursexcknowsxcthatxcaxcchildxcinfectedxcwithxcthisxcvirusxcrequiresxcwha
txctypexcofxcisolation?
a. Reversexcisolation
b. Airbornexcisolation
c. ContactxcPrecautions
d. StandardxcPrecaution
sxcANSWER:xcC
RSVxcisxctransmittedxcthroughxcdroplets.xcInxcadditionxctoxcStandardxcPrecautionsxcandxchandxcwashing,
xcContactxcPrecautionsxcarexcrequired.xcCaregiversxcmustxcusexcglovesxcandxcgownsxcwhenxcenteringxct

he
room.xcCarexcisxctakenxcnotxctoxctouchxctheirxcownxceyesxcorxcmucousxcmembranesxcwithxcaxccontamina
tedxcglovedxchand.xcChildrenxcarexcplacedxcinxcaxcprivatexcroomxcorxcinxcaxcroomxcwithxcotherxcchildrenxc
withxcRSVxcinfections.xcReversexcisolationxcfocusesxconxckeepingxcbacteriaxcawayxcfromxcthexcinfant.xc
WithxcRSV,xcotherxcchildrenxcneedxctoxcbexcprotectedxcfromxcexposurexctoxcthexcvirus.xcThexcvirusxcisxcn
otxcairborne.

3. Axcchildxchasxcaxcchronicxccoughxcandxcdiffusexcwheezingxcduringxcthexcexpiratoryxcphasexcofxcresp
iration.xcThisxcsuggestsxcwhatxccondition?
a. Asthma
b. Pneumonia
c. Bronchiolitis
d. Foreignxcbodyxcinxctrache

, PediatricxcNursing-xcAxcCase-BasedxcApproachxc

axcANSWER:xcA
Asthmaxcmayxchavexcthesexcchronicxcsignsxcandxcsymptoms.xcPneumoniaxcappearsxcwithxcanxcacutexconset,
fever,xcandxcgeneralxcmalaise.xcBronchiolitisxcisxcanxcacutexcconditionxccausedxcbyxcrespiratoryxcsyncytial