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New 2022 HESI RN EXIT Exam (PEDS) Pediatrics Exam ( Vers.

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• The nurse is caring for a 3-year-old child who is 2 hours postop from a cardiac catheterization via

the right femoral artery. Which assessment finding is an indication of arterial obstruction?Right foot is cool to the touch and appears pale and blanched

• An infant with Tetralogy of Fallot becomes acutely cyanotic and hyperpneic. Which action

should the nurse implement first? Place the infant in a knee-chest position

• A child admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis is demonstrating Kussmaul respirations. The nurse

determines that the increased respiratory rate is a compensatory mechanism for which acid base alteration? Metabolic Acidosis

• Patient with diarrhea for 3 days – what does this cause? Metabolic Alkalosis?

• Which drink choice on a hot day indicates to the nurse that a teenager with sickle cell anemia

understands dietary considerations related to the disease? Lemonade

• The HR for a 3-year-old with CHF has steadily decreased over the last few hours, now is 76 bpm,

the previous reading 4 hours ago was 110 bpm. Which additional finding should be reported immediately to a healthcare provider? BP 70/40

• 2-year-old is admitted to the hospital with possible encephalitis, and a lumbar puncture is

scheduled. Which information should the nurse provide this child concerning the procedure?Describe he side-lying, knees to chest position that must be assumed during the procedure

• Patient has low platelets. Bleeding precaution

• The nurse is assessing an infant with pyloric stenosis. Which pathophysiological mechanism is

the most likely consequence of this infant's clinical picture? Metabolic Alkalosis

• A month old girl is brought to the clinic by her mother because she has had a cold for 2 to 3 days

and woke up this morning with a hacking cough and difficulty breathing. Which additional assessment finding should alert the nurse that the child is in acute respiratory distress? Flaring of the nares

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