Cancer and Care of the Dying Child

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NCLEX Nursing (Pediatrics) Quiz sobre Cancer and Care of the Dying Child, criado por Olivia McRitchie em 08-11-2019.
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Questão 1

Questão
Cancer is the #1 disease-related cause of death in infants, children, and adolescents.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 2

Questão
What cooperative group coordinates pediatric cancer treatment plans?
Responda
  • Children's Oncology Group
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • American Pediatric Cancer Association
  • Mayo Clinic

Questão 3

Questão
What facts about acute lymphoblastic leukemia can you give to the parents of a child diagnosed with it?
Responda
  • "This cancer is the most common cancer of children; it accounts for 3/4 of childhood leukemia cases."
  • "All pediatric age groups have the same amount of risk for getting leukemia."
  • "The five-year survival rate for a standard-risk child is 90%."
  • "The five-year survival rate for a standard-risk child 64%."
  • "It is more common in children with chromosomal disorders."

Questão 4

Questão
You have delivered teaching to the parents of a child with acute myelogenous leukemia. Which of the following statements shows that more teaching is needed?
Responda
  • "This type of leukemia is not as common; it represents 17% of all childhood leukemia."
  • "It has a higher rate in the first 2 years of life."
  • "It has a 5-year survival rate of 64%."
  • "It has a sharp peak in ages 2-3 years."

Questão 5

Questão
What are the known risk factors for acute myelogenous leukemia?
Responda
  • Ionizing radiation in utereo
  • Constitutional genetic disorders, such as trisomy 21
  • Prenatal environmental factors, such solvents and pesticides.
  • Accelerated fetal growth
  • Low birth weight

Questão 6

Questão
Which of the following is accelerated fetal growth/high birth weight not associated with?
Responda
  • Acute lymphoid leukemia
  • CNS tumors
  • Wilms tumor (kidney tumor)
  • Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
  • Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Acute myeloid leukemia

Questão 7

Questão
Parents with a child newly diagnosed with leukemia asks you what treatment may consist of. Which of the following shows the BEST teaching?
Responda
  • "You have a few options: chemo, surgery, radiation, biotherapy, and a stem cell transplant. Your oncologist will discuss with you what option, or combination of options, is best."
  • "There is not a great deal of options available, aside from chemtotherapy and radiation."
  • "Ask your oncologist what your child's treatment consists of."
  • "For leukemia, your only option is likely stem cell transplantation."

Questão 8

Questão
Which of the following is UNTRUE about neuroblastomas?
Responda
  • They're usually stage IV when diagnosed.
  • The 5-year survival rate is 79%.
  • It arises from the adrenal gland or sympathetic ganglia.
  • Most of these types of tumors secrete catecholamines.

Questão 9

Questão
Which of the following is NOT a symptom of a neuroblastoma?
Responda
  • Lump in the abdomen
  • Lump in the chest
  • Bone pain
  • Bruising around the eyes
  • Petechiae

Questão 10

Questão
Which of the following is not true about Wilm's Tumor?
Responda
  • It's a rare kidney cancer that primarily affects children.
  • 1-2% is familial and associated with a gene on chromosome 11.
  • It's most common between age 3-4
  • Overall 5-year survival rate is at 90%
  • The best way to assess for the tumor is palpation.

Questão 11

Questão
What stage of the grieving process is this patient in? "I still don't understand how my child could have cancer."
Responda
  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargaining
  • Depression
  • Acceptance

Questão 12

Questão
What stage of the grieving process is this patient in? "I am so pissed at myself for getting an X-ray while I was pregnant. Why did I have to break my arm?"
Responda
  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargianing
  • Depression
  • Acceptance

Questão 13

Questão
What stage of the grieving process is this patient in? "I promised God that if he brought my son through this, I would dedicate my entire life to praising him."
Responda
  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargaining
  • Depression
  • Acceptance

Questão 14

Questão
What stage of the grieving process is this patient in? "I don't think I can live the rest of my life without my baby."
Responda
  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargaining
  • Depression
  • Acceptance

Questão 15

Questão
What stage of the grieving process is this patient in? "My son is with the Lord now."
Responda
  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargaining
  • Depression
  • Acceptance

Questão 16

Questão
Which of the following does not influence a child's ability to cope with loss?
Responda
  • The caregiver's ability to communicate and provide emotional support.
  • Support from peers and others.
  • Prior experience with loss.
  • Religious and cultural belief system.
  • Socioeconomic level.

Questão 17

Questão
What would you expect to see and hear when performing a physical assessment of a dying child?
Responda
  • Cool, clammy skin
  • Skin is cyanotic and mottling
  • Death rattle
  • Moaning/grunting with breathing
  • Shivering
  • Dyspnea.

Questão 18

Questão
What findings would you expect to see when performing a neurological assessment on a child that is dying?
Responda
  • Agitation or restlessness
  • Deterioration of hearing and vision
  • Decreasing level of consciousness, ending in loss of consciousness.
  • Brief burst of energy right before death.
  • Auditory and/or visual hallucinations

Questão 19

Questão
What musculoskeletal, urinary, and bowel findings would you expect to find when assessing a child who is dying?
Responda
  • Extreme weakness
  • Inability to speak or swallow, leading to decreased fluid intake and/or anorexia
  • Decreased urine output
  • Bladder/bowel incontinence
  • Hypotonia or hypertonia
  • Twitching of fingers and/or toes

Questão 20

Questão
Which of the following vital sign findings would you expect to see in a child that is dying?
Responda
  • Tachypnea
  • Bradypnea
  • Tachycardia
  • Hypotension

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