1. 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 2. An infant with Tetralogy of Fallot becomes acutely cyanotic and hyperpneic. Which action should the nurse implement first? Place the infant in a kneechest position 3. 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 4. Patient with diarrhea for 3 days – what does this cause? Metabolic Alkalosis? 5. 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