A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of an adolescent who has chronic glomerulonephritis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - ANSWER BUN 50 mg/dL
A nurse is caring for a child who has acu
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A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of an adolescent who has chronic glomerulonephritis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - ANSWER BUN 50 mg/dL
A nurse is caring for a child who has acute glomerulonephritis. Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority? - ANSWER Check the child's daily weight.
A nurse is caring for a 3-year-old child who was admitted with acute diarrhea and dehydration. Which of the following findings indicates that oral rehydration therapy has been effective? - ANSWER Urine specific gravity 1.015
A nurse is caring for a 3-year-old child who has had 160 mL of urine output over the past 8 hr period. The child weighs 33 lb. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - ANSWER Continue to monitor the client.
(UO is WNL for a toddler. The child's urine output should be greater than 1 mL/kg/hr.)
A nurse is caring for a school-age child who has acute glomerulonephritis with peripheral edema and is producing 35 mL of urine per hour. The nurse should place the client on which of the following diets? - ANSWER Low-sodium, fluid-restricted
A nurse is assessing a 1-year-old toddler notices a large abdominal mass and pink-tinged urine on the diaper. Which of the following disorders should the nurse suspect? - ANSWER Wilms' tumor
(Manifestations of Wilms' tumor include an abdominal mass, hematuria, fatigue, weight loss, and fever.)
A nurse is caring for a 6-week-old infant who has a pyloric stenosis. Which of the following clinical manifestations should the nurse expect? - ANSWER Projectile vomiting
A nurse is assessing a child who has nephrotic syndrome. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - ANSWER facial edema
A nurse is caring for an adolescent who has spina bifida and is paralyzed from the waist down. Which of the following statements by the client should indicate to the nurse a need for further teaching? - ANSWER "I only need to catheterize myself twice every day." (Should be done Q4H)
A nurse is assessing a toddler who has acute nephrotic syndrome. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? - ANSWER Yellow nasal discharge
A child is admitted with a suspected diagnosis of Wilms' tumor. The nurse should place a sign with which of the following warnings over the child's bed? - ANSWER Do not palpate abdomen.
A nurse in an emergency department is caring for an infant who has a 2-day history of vomiting and an elevated temperature. Which of the following should the nurse recognize as the most reliable indicator of fluid loss? - ANSWER body wt
A nurse is assessing a preschooler who has a calcium level of 8.0 mg/dL. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - ANSWER muscle tremors
A nurse is caring for a child on the oncology unit. The child's parents are asking the nurse about the cancer diagnosis. Which of the following information should the nurse provide the parents about the most common malignant renal and intra-abdominal tumor of childhood? - ANSWER wilm's tumor
A nurse is admitting a 6-month-old infant who has dehydration. Which of the following amounts of urinary output should indicate to the nurse that the treatment has corrected the fluid imbalance? - ANSWER 2 mL/kg/hr
A nurse in an emergency department is assessing an infant who is dehydrated. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - ANSWER irritability
A nurse is admitting an infant who has severe dehydration from acute gastroenteritis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - ANSWER 3% wt loss
A nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child who has croup and wet the bed overnight. When the parents visit the next day, the nurse explains the situation and one of the parents says, "She never wets the bed at home. I am so embarrassed." Which of the following responses should the nurse make? - ANSWER "It is expected for children who are hospitalized to regress. The toileting skills will retur
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