HESI RN PEDIATRICS EXAM 2024 WITH COMPLETE 55 LATEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT AND DETAILED ANSWERS UPDATED 2024 (GRADED A+)

HESI RN PEDIATRICS EXAM 2024 WITH
COMPLETE 55 LATEST QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT AND DETAILED ANSWERS
UPDATED 2024 (GRADED A+)
A mother brings her 3-week old infant to the clinic because the
baby vomits after eating and always seems hungry. Further
assessment indicates that the infant's vomiting is projectile, and the
child seems listless. Which additional finding indicates the
possibility of a life-threatening complications?
Irregular palpable pulse.
Hyperactive bowel sounds.
Underweight for age.
Crying without tears. - ANSWER-ANS: A Irregular palpable pulse.
The nurse is performing a routine assessment of a 3-year-old at a
community health center. Which behavior by the child should alert
the nurse to request a follow-up for a possible autistic spectrum
disorder (ASD)?
Performs odd repetitive behaviors.
Shows indifference to verbal stimulation.
Strokes the hair of a hand held doll.
Has a history of temper tantrums. - ANSWER-ANS: A Performs
odd repetitive behaviors.
Following admission for a cardiac catheterization, the nurse is
providing discharge teaching to the parents of a 2-year-old toddler
with Tetralogy of Fallot. What instruction should the nurse give the
parents if their child becomes pale, cool, and lethargic?
Encourage oral electrolyte solution intake.
Assist the child to a recumbent position.
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Contact their healthcare provider immediately.
Provide a quiet time by holding or rocking the toddler. - ANSWERANS: C Contact their healthcare provider immediately.
A mother brings her 2-year-old son to the clinic because he has
been crying and pulling on his earlobe for the past 12 hours. The
child's oral temperature is 101.2 F. Which intervention should the
nurse implement?
Ask the mother if the child has had a runny nose.
Cleanse purulent exudate from the affected ear canal.
Apply a topical antibiotic to the periauricle area.
Provide parent education to prevent recurrence - ANSWER-ANS: A
Ask the mother if the child has had a runny nose.
During a follow-up clinical visit a mother tells the nurse that her 5-
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month-old son who had surgical correction for Tetralogy of Fallot
has rapid breathing, often takes a long time to eat, and requires
frequent rest periods. The infant is not crying while being held and
his growth is in the expected range. Which intervention should the
nurse implement?
Stimulate the infant to cry to produce cyanosis.
Auscultate heart and lungs while infant is held.
The parents of a 3-year old boy who has Duchenne muscular
dystrophy ask, "How can our son have this disease? We are
wondering if we should have any more children." What information
should the nurse provide to parents?
This is an inherited X-linked recessive disorder, which primarily
affects male children in the family.
The striated muscle groups of males can be impacted by a lack of
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protein dystrophin in their mothers.
The male infant had a viral infection that went unnoticed and
untreated so muscle damage was incurred.