Metro Community College
Nursing Program
NURS 2410 Unit 8 Study Guide
Directions: Study guides should be typed (single space). All study guides are due on the day of the
exam over that/those unit(s). Each unit study guide is worth 25 points.
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What are the factors that influence the etiology and course of respiratory infections?
Explain why size of the child is a significant variable in respiratory system of the child.
What are the recommended criteria for a tonsillectomy?
Explain the following terms:
a. Otitis media
b. Acute otitis media
c. Otitis media with effusion
The diagnosis of cystic fibrosis is based on what 4 findings.
Give a rationale for each of the following clinical manifestations of a child with cystic fibrosis
a. Respiratory symptoms
b. Large, bulky, frothy, foul smelling stools
c. Voracious appetite
d. Weight loss
e. Anemia and bruising
What parameters would the nurse recognize as status asthmaticus?
Identify each of the following as increased pulmonary blood flow or obstruction to blood flow
from ventricles:
a. Atrial septal defect (ASD)
b. Aortic stenosis (AS)
c. Ventricular septal defect (VSD)
d. Patent ductus arteriosis (PDA)
e. Coarctation of the aorta (COA)
Identify each of the following as decreased pulmonary blood flow or mixed blood flow:
a. Tetralogy of Fallot
b. Tricuspid atresia
c. Transposition of the great arteries
d. Truncus ateriosus
e. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Identify the factors in a child’s history that might be associated with an abnormally high
incidence of congenital heart disease
a. Prenatal factors
b. Genetic factors