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ATI PEDIATRICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS | Questions and Answers | Complete Solution Guide | LATEST, 2020/2021

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ATI PEDIATRICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS | Questions and Answers | Complete Solution Guide | LATEST, 2020/2021 Oncological 1. The nurse is monitoring a child for bleeding after surgery for removal of a brain tumor. The nurse checks the head dressing for the presence of blood and notes a colorless drainage on the back of the dressing. Which intervention should the nurse perform immediately? 1. Reinforce the dressing. 2. Notify the health care provider (HCP). 3. Document the findings and continue to monitor. 4. Circle the area of drainage and continue to monitor. 2. Notify the health care provider (HCP). 2. A child undergoes surgical removal of a brain tumor. During the postoperative period, the nurse is monitoring the child and notes that the child is restless, the pulse rate is elevated, and the blood pressure has decreased significantly from the baseline value. The nurse suspects that the child is in shock. Which is the most appropriate nursing action? 1. Notify the health care provider (HCP). 2. Place the child in a supine position. 3. Place the child in Trendelenburg's position. 4. Increase the flow rate of the intravenous fluids. 1. Notify the health care provider (HCP). 3. The mother of a 4-year-old child tells the pediatric nurse that the child's abdomen seems to be swollen. During further assessment of subjective data, the mother tells the nurse that the child is eating well and that the activity level of the child is unchanged. The nurse, suspecting the possibility of Wilms' tumor, should avoid which during the physical assessment? 1. Palpating the abdomen for a mass 2. Assessing the urine for the presence of hematuria 3. Monitoring the temperature for the presence of fever 4. Monitoring the blood pressure for the presence of hypertension 1. Palpating the abdomen for a mass 4. The pediatric nurse specialist provides a teaching session to the nursing staff regarding osteosarcoma. Which statement by a member of the nursing staff indicates a need for information? 1. "The femur is the most common site of this sarcoma." 2. "The child does not experience pain at the primary tumor site." 3. "Limping, if a weight-bearing limb is affected, is a clinical manifestation." 4. "The symptoms of the disease in the early stage are almost always attributed to normal growing pains." 2. "The child does not experience pain at the primary tumor site."

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