HESI RN Pediatric Exam
VERSION 13
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6) A nurse is planning care for a newly admitted school-age child who has generalized seizure disorder. Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan to include?
a) Ensure that a padded tongue blade is at the child's bedside.
b) Allow the child to play video games on a tablet computer.
c) Allow the child to take a tub bath independently.
d) Ensure the oxygen source is functioning in the child's room.
7) A nurse is receiving change-of-shift report for four children. Which of the following children should the nurse assess first?
a) A toddler who has a concussion and an episode of forceful vomiting
b) An adolescent who has infective endocarditis and reports having a headache
c) An adolescent who was placed into halo traction 1 hr ago and reports pain as 6
on a scale of 0 to 10
d) A school-age child who has acute glomerulonephritis and brown-colored urine
8) A nurse is providing dietary teaching to the guardian of a school-age child who has cystic fibrosis. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?
- "You should offer your child high-protein meals and snacks throughout the
- "You should decrease your child's dietary fat intake to less than 10% of
- "You should restrict your child's calorie intake to 1,200 per day."
- "You should give your child a multivitamin once weekly."
day."
their caloric intake."
9) A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the guardians of a toddler who had lower leg cast applied 24 hr ago. The nurse should instruct the guardians to report which of the following finding to the provider?
a) Capillary refill time less than 2 seconds
b) Restricted ability to move the toes
c) Swelling of the casted foot when the leg is dependent
d) Pedal pulse +3 bilateral
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