Peds 2019

1. A nurse is assessing a school-age child who has heart failure and is taking furosemide.

Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication that the medication

is effective?

a.An increase in venous pressure

b. a decrease in peripheral edema

c. a decrease in cardiac output

d. an increase in potassium levels

2. A nurse is assessing an infant who has acute otitis media.

Which of the following findings should the nurse expect (select all that apply)

a. Increased appetite

b. enlarged subclavian lymph node

c. Crying

d. Restlessness

e. fever

3. a nurse is providing teaching to the parents of an infant who is to undergo pilocarpine

lontophoresis Testing for Cystic Fibrosis. Which of the following statements should the

nurse include in the teaching?

a. We will measure the amount of protein in your baby's urine over 24 hour period

b. The test will measure the amount of water in your baby’s sweat

c. a nurse will insert an IV