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Question 1 of 5

The nurse is caring for a 12 year-old with an acute illness. Which of the following indicates the nurse understands common sibling reactions to hospitalization?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Visitation is helpful for both. Contact with the ill child helps siblings understand hospitalization and maintain relationships.

Question 2 of 5

The nurse prepares to insert an indwelling urinary catheter in a client who is disoriented to time, place, and person and cannot follow directions or commands. Which intervention is most important when inserting the urinary catheter?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Maintaining a sterile field (
B) is critical to prevent infection, especially in a disoriented client. Explaining the procedure (
A) is ideal but not feasible, kit placement (
C) is secondary, and swab disposal (
D) follows insertion.

Question 3 of 5

While assisting a doctor with a sterile dressing change, the nurse notices that the doctor has contaminated his left hand. Which action should the nurse take?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Telling the doctor about the contamination maintains sterility and patient safety. Handing gloves assumes he noticed. Antibiotics are not a substitute for sterility. Reporting is secondary to immediate action.

Question 4 of 5

The nurse's neighbor calls the nurse and asks for assistance with her child who developed a nosebleed after being hit in the nose by a ball. What should the nurse recommend to the neighbor?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Pinching the nose and leaning forward compresses the bleeding site and prevents blood swallowing, effectively managing a nosebleed caused by trauma.

Question 5 of 5

A child and his family were exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis about 2 months ago, to confirm the presence or absence of an infection, it is most important for all family members to have a

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: PPD intradermal test. The administration of the PPD intradermal test determines the presence of the infection with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis organism. It is effective at 3 to 6 weeks after the initial infection.

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