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NSG 3600 EXAM 4- PEDS 100%
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS STUDY
SET 2025/
A PATIENT WITH SICKLE CELL ANEMIA IS COMPLAINING OF A HEADACHE THAT HAS BEEN
UNRESOLVED WITH MEDICATION. WHAT DO YOU DO?
NOTIFY PCP. PATIENT COULD BE HAVING A STROKE AND NEEDS A CT.
WHAT NURSING INTERVENTIONS HELP MANAGE SICKLE CELL ANEMIA?
KEEP HYDRATED AND MANAGE PAIN
WHAT NURSING INTERVENTIONS HELP MANAGE HEMOPHILIA JOINT PAIN OR SWELLING?
COLD COMPRESS
WHAT SHOULD YOU PROMOTE WITH A CHILD WHO HAS LEUKEMIA?
ALLOW THE CHILD TO PLAY WITH OTHER KIDS.
A CHILD RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY IS EXPERIENCING A REACTION TO THE DRUGS. WHAT
DO YOU DO?
1) STOP THE PUMP
2) FLUSH THE LINE
3) NOTIFY PCP
WHAT IS THE #1 WAY TO PREVENT INFECTIONS?
HAND WASHING
THE PATIENT HAS WILM'S TUMOR (NEPHROBLASTOMA). WHY SHOULD YOU NOT PALPATE
THE THE ABDOMEN?
IT COULD RUPTURE THE TUMORS, CAUSING THEM TO SPREAD (METASTASIS)
PRIORITY ASSESSMENT FOR THOSE WITH WILMS TUMOR?
MONITOR I/OS
WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR OSTEOSARCOMA?
LIMB SALVAGE PROCEDURE & CHEMO
WHAT IS OSTEOSARCOMA?
BONE CANCER, MOST COMMON IN THE LONG BONES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES.
WHA IS RETINOBLASTOMA? WHAT IS THE TREATMENT?
CANCER ON THE RETINA OF THE EYE.
CHEMO AND REMOVAL OF THE LENS OF THE EYE
S/S OF RETINOBLASTOMA
- YELLOWISH/WHITE REFLEX IS SEEN IN THE PUPIL BC OF A TUMOR (CATS EYE REFLEX OR
LEUKOKORIA)
- LOSS OF VISION
- STRABISMUS
- HYPHEMA
- PAIN
- METASTASIS TO UNAFFECTED EYE
S/S OF CNS TUMOR (NEUROBLASTOMA)
#1- CONSECUTIVE HEADACHE ACCOMPANIED WITH NAUSEA
WHAT IS NEUROBLASTOMA?
KNOWN AS THE "SILENT TUMOR" AS 60% OF CASES ARE DIAGNOSED AFTER METASTASIS.
NEUROBLASTOMA TREATMENT
HELP THEM UNDERSTAND IT IS PERMANENT, AND BE CURIOUS ABOUT IT.
TELL PARENTS ABOUT ANY QUESTIONS THE CHILD MAY ASK.
CONSULT WITH PARENTS BEFORE TELLING A CHILD THEY WILL DIE.
HOW DO ADOLESCENTS VIEW DEATH? (13-18)
THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TO THINK ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS BEHIND
DEATH.
DEATH AFFECTS THEM THE MOST, AND THEY HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULTY DEALING WITH
DEATH.
CHRONICALLY ILL TODDLERS TYPICALLY EXPERIENCE...
REGRESSION
PRIORITY INTERVENTION FOR INFANTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS IS..
COMFORT CARE, LIKE ROCKING, CRADLING, AND USING SOOTHING VOICE.
PRIORITY INTERVENTION FOR TODDLERS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS IS..
MAINTAINING BOND BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD, PROMOTING REALISTIC
DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS, AND NO REACTING NEGATIVELY TO REGRESSION.
PRIORITY INTERVENTION FOR PRESCHOOLERS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS IS..
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS FEARS AND FRUSTRATIONS
PRIORITY INTERVENTION FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS IS..
PAIN ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
PRIORITY INTERVENTION FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS IS..
PROVIDING SOLITARY TIME TO HELP THEM REGAIN A SENSE OF CONTROL AND PERSONAL
SPACE.
