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What would the nurse include in teaching when preparing to teach parents about air travel instructions to prevent barotrauma in infants?
- A. Using ear plugs during takeoff
- B. Omitting the meal just before takeoff
- C. Letting the infant nurse during descent
- D. Applying ear drops before takeoff
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Encouraging an infant to swallow reduces the pressure in the ears during descent.
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The nurse is planning to teach parents about prevention of Reye's syndrome. What information would the nurse include in this teaching?
- A. Use aspirin instead of acetaminophen for children with viral illness.
- B. Advise parents to have their children immunized against Reye's syndrome.
- C. Avoid giving salicylate-containing medications to a child who has viral symptoms.
- D. Get the child tested for Reye's syndrome if the child exhibits fever, vomiting, and lethargy.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Prevention of Reye's syndrome includes educating parents not to give aspirin-containing medication to children with viral symptoms.
The nurse is educating parents on prevention of eyestrain in their 5-year-old child. What information will the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
- A. Encourage books with large type.
- B. Words in books should be closely spaced.
- C. Provide adequate lighting without glare.
- D. Be sure desks and chairs are adequate height.
- E. Instruct child to squint when reading.
Correct Answer: A,C,D
Rationale: Children who are beginning to read need books with large type in which the letters are spaced far apart.
What does the nurse explain to parents of a child with febrile seizures?
- A. They occur when the body temperature exceeds 38.3?°C (101?°F).
- B. They can be prevented by anticonvulsant medication.
- C. They usually lead to the development of epilepsy.
- D. They occur when the temperature rises quickly.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Febrile seizures occur in response to a rapid rise in temperature, often above 38.8?°C (102?°F).
What statement by a patient's mother leads the nurse to determine she understands instructions about administering an oral antibiotic for otitis media?
- A. I will continue using the medication until symptoms are relieved.'
- B. I will share the medicine with siblings if their symptoms are the same.'
- C. I will give the medication with a glass of milk.'
- D. I will administer prescribed doses until all the medication is used.'
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Antibiotic therapy for otitis media is continued until the prescribed amount has been completed, even if symptoms are alleviated.
A parent reports that her child has begun to do poorly at school and experiences episodes where he appears to be staring into space. Of which type of seizure is this behavior a characteristic?
- A. Absence
- B. Akinetic
- C. Myoclonic
- D. Complex partial
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Absence seizures are characterized by transient loss of consciousness where the child appears to stare blankly, and may last only a few seconds.