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Pediatric Ot Practice Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
A child with cystic fibrosis needs
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: All D manage cystic fibrosis, per document p60, 7.
Question 2 of 5
GERD can lead to serious medical conditions including which of the following? Select one that does not apply.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: GERD can cause esophageal strictures and pneumonia from aspiration. Weight gain and crying are not complications; Nissen’s is a treatment, not a condition.
Question 3 of 5
A mother tells the nurse that her child has started sucking his thumb during his hospitalization. Which term should the nurse use for documenting to describe this behavior?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Thumb-sucking during stress is regression , a return to earlier behaviors, common in hospitalized children.
Question 4 of 5
Children with intussusception may have bowel movements containing blood and mucus with no feces. These are termed:
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Intussusception, where the intestine telescopes into itself, causes bloody, mucousy stools without feces, resembling 'currant jelly' . Mucoid stools lack blood, steatorrhea is fatty and pale, and occult blood is hidden, not overt like in intussusception.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse interviewing parents of an infant with pyloric stenosis would expect them to report which of the following conditions?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Projectile vomiting (B) is the hallmark of pyloric stenosis due to pyloric obstruction. Diarrhea (A), poor appetite (C), and constipation (D) are not primary symptoms. Document: 'Vomiting is the outstanding symptom… described as projectile vomiting.'