A nurse is assessing the pain level of a 3-year old toddler. Which of the following pain assessment scales should the nurse use?

The nurse reviews the client’s medical record from admission to 1930 hrs. Click to indicate whether the assessment finding has improved or not changed.

A nurse is educating caregivers about dietary management for a child who has burn injuries. Which of the following recommendations should the nurse provide?

A hospice nurse is caring for a preschooler who has a terminal illness. The father tells the nurse that he cannot cope anymore and had decided to move out of the house. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

A nurse is assessing an adolescent who experienced blunt trauma to the abdomen. Which of the following findings is the nurse's priority?

A nurse on a pediatric unit is preparing to admit a preschooler after receiving transfer report from a nurse in the emergency department.

The nurse on the pediatric unit is reviewing the preschooler's medical record. Click to highlight the findings in the medical record that require follow-up by the nurse upon the child's admission to the pediatric unit. To deselect a finding, click on the finding again.

2100: Child brought into the emergency department by their guardians. The child has Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and is currently in the induction phase of treatment for standard risk. The child received chemotherapy with vincristine 8 days ago and is taking daily oral steroids. Child is alert, crying, and clinging to guardian. Guardians report the child has not had a bowel movement for 5 days.

2100:

Pulse 120/min

Respiratory rate 25/min

Temperature 38.8° C (101.9° F) tympanic

SaO2 96% on room air

2120: Child now asleep in guardian's arms. Respirations unlabored, heart rate regular. Child has a double-lumen central line catheter in the left chest wall. Insertion site is erythematous with a scant amount of purulent drainage.

A nurse is caring for an infant who has inadequate motility of part of the intestine resulting in a mechanical obstruction. The nurse should identify this finding as a manifestation of which of the following disorders?

A nurse is creating a plan of care for a pediatric client who has been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Which of the following factors should the nurse consider when planning care?

A parent calls the pediatric clinic to report that her child has a bloody nose. The nurse should give the parent which of the following instructions to stop the bleeding?

A nurse in the pediatric clinic is discussing Piaget's theory of cognitive development with a newly licensed nurse. The nurse should review which of the following types of thinking that occur during adolescent development?

A nurse is providing care to an infant newly diagnosed with sickle cell anemia. The infant's parents ask the nurse to describe what sickled red blood cells are and how they affect blood flow. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the discussion? (Select all that apply.)