Which intervention is appropriate for a child receiving a high dose of steroids?

What is the cardinal sign a nurse would expect to observe with intussusception?

A newborn is diagnosed with Hirschsprung disease. Which clinical manifestations found on assessment support this newborn’s diagnosis?

A nurse is caring for a 2 year old child in the immediate postoperative period. Which pain assessment tool is most appropriate for this client?

Following a hypospadias repair, the 10-month-old child returns from the operating room with a urethral stent. It is now 8 hours since the child’s surgery. Which assessment finding should be reported to the surgeon?

The telephone triage nurse at a pediatric clinic knows each call is important. Which call would require attentiveness from the nurse because of an increased risk for mortality?

A child in renal failure is diagnosed with hyperkalemia. Which food choices will the nurse teach the parents and child to avoid? Fruits and vegetables low in potassium

An infant has been born with an esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula. What is the priority preoperative nursing diagnosis?

A newborn has a stomach capacity of how many mL’s by the end of the first month?

A 4-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department. She has a ‘frog-like’ croaking sound on inspiration, is agitated, and drooling. She insists on sitting upright. The nurse should do which of the following?

The nurse has admitted a child with tricuspid atresia. The nurse would expect which initial lab result?