American academy of pediatrics states taht breastfeeding should be avoided for children with congenital heart disease because it requires less energy to suck from a bottle than the breast.

Which of the following are common complications or characteristics of cystic fibrosis in pediatric patients?(select all that apply)

Which type of respiratory condition is always considered an emergency?

The diabetes educator has completed his teaching with a family and 13 year old child with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. The nurse knows the teaching has been effective when the child states:

Children with a history of Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection are at an increase risk of developing asthma later in life.

Phase 1

A 5 year old is brought to her pediatrician for an annual routine checkup. Her grandparents, who are also the legal guardians, are with her. The child has not seen her pediatrician in a year. The child recently had a visit to the urgent care center and was treated for strep throat. The grandparents are concerned about the child’s weight gain. They state no matter how much she eats she cannot gain weight and is hungry all of the time. 

Phase 2

The primary care office does not have a glucometer available, so the provider orders a urinalysis dip stick test. The urinalysis shows a glucose of over 500mg/dl with blood, leukocytes, and ketones.  The results are shared with the grandparents along with the potential diagnosis and complications. The child’s grandparents are visibly upset and start asking the nurse questions about their grandchild.

Which of the following responses by the nurse are appropriate? (Select all that apply)

Phase 3:

A 10-week-old is brought to the emergency department with three days of rhinorrhea, congestion, and cough. He is presenting with mild intercostal retractions, congested cough, HR: 178, RR: 65 breaths/min, his capillary refill is >4 seconds, O2 Sat: 92% on RA, T- 99.2 F, wheezing is heard bilaterally, & mother feels the infant needs help breathing. Unable to stay latched to breast. Restless and has head bobbing. Mother at bedside.

After implementing the appropriate nursing interventions, the nurse assesses the infant. For each assessment finding listed, place the finding in the appropriate category based on whether the nursing and collaborative intervention was effective (helped to meet expected outcome), ineffective (did not help to meet expected outcomes), or unrelated (not related to the expected outcome)

A child in compensated shock will which symptoms?

A 3-year-old child with a complex cardiac defect is admitted with infective endocarditis. Management (in what order) would..

The nurse if giving instructions to parents of a 4-month-old infant with tetralogy of fallot. An important teaching point should include:

Which strategy is appropriate when feeding the infant with congestive heart failure?