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Which diversional activity is best for meeting the burned child's developmental needs?
- A. Reading the newspaper
- B. Coloring simple designs
- C. Playing with an action figure
- D. Playing a solitary card game
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Coloring simple designs is a developmentally appropriate activity for a school-age child, promoting fine motor skills and creativity while being feasible for a bedridden patient with burns.
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The nurse informs the client that acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is commonly associated with which symptoms?
- A. Increased appetite and chills during the night
- B. Tachycardia, dyspnea, and constipation
- C. Fatigue, fever, and persistent yeast infections
- D. Weight gain, peripheral edema, and jaundice
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: AIDS is associated with fatigue, fever, and persistent infections like yeast infections due to immune suppression, making these symptoms characteristic.
If the child develops shortness of breath when ambulating to the bathroom in the hospital, which intervention should the nurse add to the care plan?
- A. Have the child use a bedside commode for elimination.
- B. Administer oxygen after the child uses the bathroom.
- C. Instruct the child to call for assistance when ambulating to the bathroom.
- D. Provide a walker for the child to use when ambulating to the bathroom.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Shortness of breath during ambulation may indicate carditis, a serious complication of rheumatic fever. Using a bedside commode minimizes physical exertion, reducing cardiac workload and the risk of worsening symptoms.
After the delivery of fetus,placenta should be removed by:
- A. Fundal pressure.
- B. D & C.
- C. Brandt-Andrews method.
- D. Manual removal.
- E. C-section.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The Brandt-Andrews method using controlled cord traction is the standard technique for delivering the placenta in the third stage of labor. Other methods are used only in complications.
The postpartum client (G2P2) asks the nurse for suggestions to help facilitate her 3-year-old’s attachment and acceptance of their newborn. Which action should the nurse suggest?
- A. Provide a doll for the 3-year-old to care for and nurture.
- B. Avoid bringing the 3-year-old to the “scary” hospital.
- C. Plan that dad cares for the 3-year-old and mom cares for the baby.
- D. Encourage the child to be “grown up” and accept the newborn.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Providing a doll encourages the 3-year-old to mimic parental care reducing jealousy. Hospital visits shared parental attention and accepting regression promote bonding.
23 years old primigravida presents to you at fourteen weeks of gestation. She is concerned about normality of fetus. At what time you will advice her detailed fetal anomaly scan:
- A. 22-24 weeks.
- B. 14-16 weeks.
- C. 18-22 weeks.
- D. 10-14 weeks.
- E. 24-28 weeks.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A detailed fetal anomaly scan is typically performed between 18-22 weeks of gestation as this is the optimal time to visualize fetal anatomy clearly. Earlier scans (10-14 weeks) are for nuchal translucency and later scans may miss the window for detailed structural assessment.