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HONDROS NUR 232 FINAL EXAM
ANSWERED CORRECTLY – EXPERT
VERIFIED | LATEST VERSION
Question : What medication can be given before chemo to
help with nausea/vomiting?
Correct answer: antiemetic- give about 30 minutes before
Question : Hodgkins Lymphoma
Correct answer: distinguished from other lymphomas by the
presence of large, cancerous lymphocytes known as Reed- Sternberg cells Key finding- enlarged, firm, nodular, lymph nodes
Question : Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Correct answer: Disease is diffuse rather than nodular, starts
from lymphocytes, cells are undifferentiated or poorly differentiated
Question : What is the most common head injury in a child?
Correct answer: concussion
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Question : What are the hallmark symptoms of a concussion?
Correct answer: confusion and amnesia that can occur with or
without LOC
Question : What is the NI/Pt teaching for head
injury/concussion?
Correct answer: wake pt up every couple hours lower screen
time Notify dr- seizures, increased headache, confusion Nurses- NPO, I&O, Daily weights, S/S ICP
Question : What are the early S/S of IICP
Correct answer: HA Nausea Vomiting Visual Disturbance
***Change in LOC
Question : What are signs of IICP in a baby?
Correct answer: Irritable bulging fontanelles Widened sutures
bigger head circumference
Question : What are late signs of IICP?
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Correct answer: Cushings Triad- Increased BP, Low HR, Low
RR Fixed Dilated Pupils
Question : How do you diagnose IICP?
Correct answer: X-ray, CT, MRI, PET **LUMBAR
PUNCTURE- don't do until you have CT
Question : What is the most common pediatric neuro
disorder?
Correct answer: Seizures
Question : What are the causes of seizures?
Correct answer: FEVER IICP Epilepsy Migraines Tumor
Trauma Hyperbilirubemia Kernicterus Infection Toxins
Question : What ages do febrile seizures occur?
Correct answer: 6 months- 5 years
Question : What is the most common cancer in kids?
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Correct answer: Leukemia More common in boys Onset 2-5
yo
Question : What is used for the definitive diagnosis for
Leukemia?
Correct answer: Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy
Question : Leukemia
Correct answer: cancer of white blood cells WBC high
initially then destruction of cells
Question : What is the most important thing to remember
when diagnosing leukemia?
Correct answer: The higher the initial WBC is the lower the
prognosis is for the child
Question : Leukemia S/S
Correct answer: early- low grade fever, pallor, listlessness,
enlarged liver, lymph nodes, & jts. Vomiting anorexia. Late-