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Pediatrics test 4
Cancer and Heme cards
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Undergraduate 4
10/30/2008

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A child with an altered immune system can go to school based on what?
Definition
WBC count
Term
What other medicines besides IV is used for chemo?
Definition
Intrathecal
Term
To help prevent hemmorhagic cystitis, what would you recommend the child do?
Definition
Drink 8-10 glasses of water/day.
Term
A patient has a platelet count of 20000 what nursing intervention is most important?
Definition
Soft bristled brush
Term
When someone is coming off steroids (prednisone) what would you expect?
Definition
They decrease them slowly
Term
What would someone take to increase neutrophils?
Definition
Neupogen
Term
What shows if someone is at risk for infection?
Definition
ANC
Term
What are cardinal signs of cancer?
Definition
Bruised and tired.
Term
What is associated with brain tumors?
Definition
Vomit with awakening.
Term
After surgery for a tumor outside of the cranium, what is best to look at?
Definition
Urinary output
Term
An adolescent with a bone tumor is most at risk for what?
Definition
Altered body image (remember they may have to get amputation)
Term
With renal failure what is decreased?
Definition
EPO
Term
Remember normal urinary output is 1-2cc/kg/hr
Definition
Term
Which of the following would you tell a family member to call the doctor post-op after bladder exstrophy?
Definition
-Anorexia
-Cloudy urine
-Elevated temp
-inc fuzziness
-odor in incision
Term
What is the purpose of a double diaper technique?
Definition
Keep urine sterile.
Term
What is elevated in neuroblastoma?
Definition
Vanillymandelic acid (VMA)
Term
What would you expect to do when administering blood to a child?
Definition
Give it over a maximum of 4 hours so it doesn't coagulate.
Term
For a child who has a sickle cell crisis, what would you expect to do?
Definition
Give morphine IV around the clock
Term
In tetrology of fallot, what does prostaglandin E help to keep open?
Definition
Ductus arteriosus
Term
A patient stabilizes after a dysrhyhmia. What would you expect to do as a nurse?
Definition
Assist with the vagal maneuver.
Term
A patient is having a tet spell. What would you expect to do?
Definition
Give O2, morphine IV, and put in knee-chest position.
Term
A patient has Kawasaki disease. WHat would you expect to see?
Definition
Long time high fever, red palms, conjunctivitis
Term
A parent is going to be giving iron drops to an infant. What would you tell them to do after they give them?
Definition
Rinse the mouth out with water.
Term
An idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura patient is in a hospital setting. Which causes most concern?
Definition
Water spilled on the floor
Term
A patient is being discharged after having a hematopietic stem cell transplant. Which is most important to them?
Definition
To wash their hands
Term
A hemophilia patient falls and is bleeding. What should you do?
Definition
Hold pressure for 15 minutes.
Term
What is a systemic sign of congestive heart failure?
Definition
Periorbital edema
Term
What is the first sign of digoxin toxicity?
Definition
Decreased appetite.
Term
What should you tell a girl to eat that has a heavy menstrual period?
Definition
dried peaches
Term
The anti-emetic drug zofran is being administered to the child receiving chemotherapy, when should the nurse administer the medicine?
Definition
Before the chemotherapy is given
Term
A child is diagnosed with retinoblastoma. What would you expect to see?
Definition
White pupil
Term
A child is to begin radiation therapy. The nurse is talking to the family about skin care following the radiation. Which would indicate further teaching is needed?
Definition
The vaseline being applied
Term
A diagnosis for a child undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia-altered nutrition; less than body requirements what is an appropriate goal?
Definition
Caloric intake would be WNL
Term
A child with leukemia has developed pancytopenia. Measures designed to reduce stomatitis include?
Definition
Rinse with warm water
Term
A patient receiving adriamycin calls and says her urine looks bloody. What does the nurse do?
Definition
Do nothing because this medicine causes the urine to turn red.
Term
A child has been treated with chemo and is now neutropenic. The nurse will teach the parents of this child to do which of the following?
Definition
Avoid crowds
Term
Alkylating agents are used in chemotherapy for cancer treatments. The nurse understands that these drugs work by:
Definition
Destroying DNA
Term
While the nurse is orienting the child and family about surgery to remove tunors in the child the familystates that they are afraid what will happen the next day. The nurse encourages the family to?
Definition
Talk about their fears and concderns
Term
the nurse is preparing to teach a child about chemotherapy with a drug cytotoxin, an alkylating agent. Which of the following interventions would be considered the highest priority?
Definition
Starting fluid increase 2 days before treatment begins.
Term
Parents of a premature infant with a cyanotic heart defect told that their baby is receiving alprostadel to maintain an opening. What is the primary reason for this?
Definition
It is going to allow mixing of blood between the aorta and the pulmonary artery.
Term
Which of the following assessments is an early sign of congestive heart failure?
Definition
Tachycardia
Term
In feeding an infant with congestive heart failure, the nurse should recommend?
Definition
Feeding a high calorie formula
Term
A priority discharge for families of infants with cyanotic heart defects is which of the following?
Definition
How to perform CPR
Term
An infant with VSD is on digoxin. If the infant was to develop digoxin toxicity,the first sign that would be noticed by the mother would be which of the following?
Definition
Refusal of the bottle.
Term
Nursing intervention for a stable 10 years old in SVT is?
Definition
Assist them with the vagal maneuver.
Term
A child diagnosed with rheumatic fever and residual heart disease should be taught which of the following?
Definition
You will need to take antibiotics until you are an adult.
Term
Which of the following is the highest priority after a heart catheterization?
Definition
Check pedal pulses.
Term
The nurse finds in an infant that he has stronger pulses in the upper extremities than in the lower, higher BP readings in the arms than in the legs. This could be indicative of which heart defect?
Definition
Coarctation of the aorta
Term
The nurse had admitted a child with a cyanotic heart defect. The nurse would expect the initial lab results to show?
Definition
High hemoglobin
Term
A chest x-ray is ordered for a child with cardiac problems. The parents ask what an x-ray is going to show about the heart. You say. . .
Definition
It will give us a permanant record of the heart size and configuration.
Term
A chest x-ray is ordered for a child with cardiac problems. The parents ask what an x-ray is going to show about the heart. You say. . .
Definition
It will give us a permanant record of the heart size and configuration.
Term
Which of the following actions by the school nurse is important in the prevention of rheumatic fever?
Definition
Always refer children with sore throats for a throat culture.
Term
A child is being treated for Kawasaki disease, the nurse should instruct the parents upon discharge to?
Definition
Observe for bleeding and report to a healtcare provider.
Term
An 8 year old child has a WBC of 11,000, hemoglobin of 11,000 and a platelet count of 80,000. The nurse knows that?
Definition
WBC & hemoglobin are OK, but the platelet count is low.
Term
Give a teenager with sickle cell anemia and makes all these statements. Which one would concern the nurse the most?
Definition
I'd like to begin training to run a marathon.
Term
A school age child with hemophilia falls on the playground, the nurse should?
Definition
Apply pressure to the area for 15 minutes.
Term
Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing diagnosis for a child with anemia?
Definition
Activity intolerance
Term
The nursing diagnosis for the child with DIC is?
Definition
Ineffective tissue perfusion.
Term
A child with ITP is not responding to the medication,. Which of the following procedures will be considered and which of the teachings should the nurse implement?
Definition
A spleenectomy with teaching about risk for infection.
Term
Which bone cancer involves the diaphyseal (shaft) portion of the long bones?
Definition
Ewings sarcoma
Term
When is it possible to do a limb-salvage procedure?
Definition
If bone growth has taken place and a neurobundle is not involved in the tumor.
Term
If both parents are carriers, what is the chance that the child will have sickle cell, and why?
Definition
25% because it is an autosomal recessive disease.
Term
What is the primary treatment for aplastic anemia?
Definition
Immunosuppressive therapy with anti-thymacyte globulin.
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