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A 4-month-old with RSV bronchiolitis is admitted with nasal congestion, mild subcostal retractions, and oxygen saturation of 91% on room air. Which intervention should the nurse perform first?

A 7-month-old with RSV bronchiolitis is being monitored in the pediatric unit. Which finding requires immediate action?

A nurse is assessing a patient in the women’s clinic for Goodell’s  sign. How does the nurse perform this assessment?

A patient in the high risk OB unit has suffered a seizure and is now postictal. She is on oxygen at 2 L/min. Which assessment data warrants  intervention by the nurse?

You are examining a newborn who exhibits diffuse edema of the soft tissue on the scalp that crosses suture lines. What is the most likely diagnosis?

A 3-day-old newborn is brought to the clinic by her mom for her first exam after being discharged from the newborn nursery. Mom is breastfeeding and notes that her milk “just came in today.” The baby has had two small meconium stools in the past 48 hours and has had “about 3 or 4 wet diapers yesterday and today.” When examining the newborn, the pediatric nurse practitioner notices the newborn is jaundiced just past the nipple line, about half way to the umbilicus. Mom states that the baby “looks more yellow today than she did yesterday”. What should the pediatric nurse practitioner do?

The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner elicits positive Ortolani and Barlow signs in a 6-month-old infant not previously noted in the medical record. What is the correct treatment for this infant?

The pediatric nurse practitioner is examining a 12-month-old male who presents for his well child check. Which finding would cause the pediatric nurse practitioner to become concerned?

A child has a recessive genetic disorder that is homozygous for that mutation. What is most likely about this child’s parents?

The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is counseling a couple about genetic risks and learns that one parent has neurofibromatosis, an autosomal dominant disorder, and the other parent does not. What will the nurse practitioner include when discussing this disorder and its transmission?