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CCRN Exam Prep - Pediatric Critical Care - Question List

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6. A 3 year-old child is being treated with Metronidazole suspension, 200 mg per dose. The child weighs 30 lbs. and the daily dose range is 20-40 mg/kg of body weight, in three divided doses every 8 hours. Knowing the principles os safe drug administration, what should the nurse do?
  1. Get the attention of the doctor to clarify the dose
  2. Recognize that the medicine were over-prescribed
  3. Hold the medicine as the dosage is way too low
  4. Administer the medicine as ordered
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7. While assessing a 3 week old infant, which finding should a nurse report immediately:
  1. Abdominal respiration
  2. Irregular breathing pattern
  3. Increased cardiac rate when crying
  4. Inspiratory grunting
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8. Nurse Sophia is enjoying her lunch at the hospital canteen when a toddler at a nearby table chokes on a piece of food and appears slightly blue. Nurse Sophia should initially:
  1. start mouth to mouth resuscitation
  2. do about 5 abdominal thrusts
  3. give water to help him swallow
  4. alert the emergency response
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9. Nurse Cathy is assigned for a 2 and half year-old who is being treated with Chelation Therapy, calcium disodium edetate, due to poisoning. Cathy should be alerted for which of the following side effect?
  1. Neurotoxicity
  2. Hepatomegaly
  3. Nephrotoxicity
  4. Ototoxicity
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10. Nurse Tammy is caring for a 3 year-old child after corrective surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot. The mother reports that the child has suddenly begun seizing. Tammy recognizes this problem is probably due to:
  1. cerebral vascular accident
  2. meningitis occure postoperatively
  3. reaction due to medications
  4. metabolic alkalosis
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