The nurse is finishing her shift on the pediatric unit. Because her shift is ending, which intervention takes top priority?
- A. Changing the linens on the clients’ beds
- B. Restocking the bedside supplies needed for a dressing change on the upcoming shift
- C. Documenting the care provided during her shift
- D. Emptying the trash cans in the assigned client room
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Documenting care is a legal and professional responsibility that ensures continuity of care and accurate communication between shifts.
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Which of the following is a neurocutaneous syndrome without cutaneous manifestations?
- A. Sturge-Weber syndrome
- B. Tuberous sclerosis
- C. Ataxia telangiectasia
- D. Von Hippel-Lindau disease
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Von Hippel-Lindau disease is a neurocutaneous syndrome that primarily affects internal organs and often lacks cutaneous manifestations.
Aspirin has been ordered for the child with rheumatic fever (RF) in order to:
- A. Keep the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) open
- B. Reduce joint inflammation
- C. Decrease swelling of strawberry tongue
- D. Treat ventricular hypertrophy of endocarditis
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Aspirin helps alleviate the joint inflammation and pain experienced in RF.
A 5-month-old previously well infant is found to have a loud holosystolic murmur (4/6) at the left sternal border. The first and second heart sounds are normal; there is no tachycardia, rumble, or gallop; and hepatomegaly is not noted. The child feeds well and has grown adequately. You suspect
- A. spontaneous closure is more common in muscular vs. membranous defects
- B. closure usually occurs in the first 2 years of life
- C. there is no risk of endocarditis
- D. pulmonary pressures are normal
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Small VSDs still carry a risk of endocarditis despite being asymptomatic.
The jugular venous pressure (JVP) has a predictable relationship with pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP). A JVP of >12 mm Hg predicted PAWP >22 mm Hg by 88% in which of the following trials?
- A. BNP
- B. ESCAPE
- C. EVEREST
- D. EMPA REG
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The ESCAPE trial studied the effectiveness of therapies in patients with advanced heart failure and showed that elevated JVP was correlated with high pulmonary artery wedge pressures.
Malabsorption may be seen in:
- A. Ischaemia of the gut
- B. Giardiasis
- C. Lymphoma of the ileum
- D. Chronic lead poisoning
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Giardiasis, caused by the parasite Giardia lamblia, is a well-known cause of malabsorption.