Pediatrics Quiz 5 2025-2026 With Correct
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A nurse is planning care for an infant who has spina bifida and is to undergo surgical
closure of the myelomengiocele sac. which of the following interventions should the
nurse include in the plan of care? - correct answer>>provide a latex free environment.
which of the following is an example of a neural tube defect? - correct answer>>Spina
Bifida
A child with the spina bifida is placed on a bowel program at the clinic. The nurse
assigned to the patient knows this is a result of... - correct answer>>lack of innervations
in the anal sphincter or colon causes incontinence or constipation.
A nurse is caring for an adolescent who has spina bifida and is paralyzed from the waist
down. Which of the following statements by the client should indicate to the nurse a
need for FURTHER teaching? - correct answer>>"I only need to catheterize myself twice
every day."
A nurse is completing preoperative teaching with an adolescent client who is scheduled
to receive spinal instrumentation for scoliosis. Which of the following information
should the nurse include in the teaching? - correct answer>>"You will need to receive
blood."
A nurse is caring for a 2-day-old infant who has myelomeningocele. Which of the
following actions should the nurse take - correct answer>>Monitor the infant's head
circumference
A nurse is caring for an infant who is preoperative for the treatment of an intact
myelomeningocele sac. In which of the following positions should the nurse place the
infant? - correct answer>>Prone
A nurse is caring for an infant who is postoperative following a myelomeningocele
repair. Which of the following is the priority action the nurse should take? - correct
answer>>Measure the infant's head circumference
A nurse is planning care for an infant with an unrepaired myelomeningocele. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take? - correct answer>>Palpate the abdomen for
bladder distension
