CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Pediatrics

While assessing a male neonate whose mother desires him to be circumcised, the nurse observes that the neonate’s urinary meatus appears to be located on the ventral surface of the penis. The physician is notified because the nurse would suspect which of the following:
  1. Phimosis
  2. Hydrocele
  3. Epispadias
  4. Hypospadias
Explanation
Answer: D - Hypospadias is a condition in which the urethral opening is located below the glans penis or anywhere along the ventral surface of the penile shaft. Epispadias, the urethral meatus is located at the dorsal surface of the penile shaft.
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