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CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Pediatrics

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Barbie is suspected with developmental dysplasia of the hip. During an assessment, the nurse expects that:
  1. there is inability to adduct the affected leg.
  2. there is a narrowing of the perineum
  3. there is inability to palpate movement of the femoral head.
  4. there is shortening of one leg.
Explanation
Answer: D - A developmental dysplasia of the hip would reveal that the affected leg appears shorter due to the femoral head being displaced upward.
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