NCLEX Review Pediatric Nursing Part 2

11. The nurse is caring for a 10-year-old child during the acute phase of rheumatic fever. Bedrest is part of the child's plan of care. Which of the following diversional activities is developmentally appropriate and meets the health needs of this child in the acute phase of rheumatic fever?A. Playing basketball with a hoop suspended from the bed.B. Using hand-held computer video games.C. Sorting and organizing baseball cards in a notebook.D. Using art supplies to make drawings about the hospital experience.12. The nurse is caring for a 13-year-old who has been casted following spinal instrumentation surgery to correct idiopathic scoliosis. The nurse is helping the teen and family plan diversional...

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NCLEX Review Pediatric Nursing Part 1

1. The nurse is testing reflexes in a four-month-old infant as part of the neurologic assessment. Which of the following findings would indicate an abnormal reflex pattern and an area of concern in a four-month-old infant?A. Closes hand tightly when palm is touched.B. Begins strong sucking movements when mouth area is stimulated.C. Hyperextends toes in response to stroking sole of foot upward.D. Does not extend and abduct extremities in response to loud noise.2. The mother of a three-month-old infant asks the nurse when she can start feeding her baby solid food. Which of the following should the nurse include in teaching this mother about the nutritional needs of infants?A. Infant cereal can...

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Respiratory Failure

RESPIRATORY FAILURERespiratory failure may be divided into two broad categories: hypoxemic (type 1) and hypercapnic (type 2). Hypoxemic respiratory failure is defined as a partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) of less than 55 mm Hg when the fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO2) is 0.60 or more. Hypercapnic respiratory failure is defined as a partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood (PaCO2) of more than 45 mm Hg. Disorders that initially cause hypoxemia may be complicated by respiratory pump failure and hypercapnia . Conversely, diseases that produce respiratory pump failure are frequently complicated by hypoxemia resulting from secondary pulmonary parenchymal processes...

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14 Principle of Sterility

1. Only sterile items are used within the sterile field.2. Gowns are considered sterile only from the waist to shoulder level in front and the sleeves.3. Tables are sterile only at table level.4. Persons who are sterile touches only sterile items or areas.5. Unsterile person avoid reaching over a sterile field; persons avoid leaning over an unsterile area.6. Edges at anything that encloses sterile contents are considered unsterile.7. Sterile field created close a possible at time at use.8. Sterile areas are continuously kept in view.9. Sterile persons keep well within the sterile area.10. Sterile persons keep contact with sterile area to minimum.11. Unsterile persons avoid sterile areas.12....

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Effects of Second Hand Smoking

As if the growing number of smoking bans in restaurants, airplanes and other public places isn't sending a strong enough message, researchers now have the first biological data confirming the health hazards of secondhand smoke.Scientists led by Dr. Ronald Crystal at Weill Cornell Medical College documented changes in genetic activity among nonsmokers triggered by exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke. Public-health bans on smoking have been fueled...

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