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dejastew

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Children who have been in day care have which of the following experiences with respiratory infections once they enter school (as compared to children who have not been in day care)?
 
  a. greater number of respiratory infections c. different types of respiratory infections
  b. about the same number of episodes d. fewer episodes of respiratory infections

Question 2

When assessing clubbed fingers in an 8-year-old child with a mixed congenital cardiac defect, the nurse is aware that this sign is due to:
 
  a. Intermittent hypertension
  b. Shunting of the blood from left to right
  c. Chronic hypoxia
  d. Vasoconstriction



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Answer to Question 1

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A Incorrect. Children who have been in day care as compared to children who have not been in day care do not suffer a greater number of respiratory infections once they enter school.
B Incorrect. Children who have been in day care as compared to children who have not been in day care do not suffer about the same number of episodes of respiratory infections once they enter school.
C Incorrect. Children who have been in day care as compared to children who have not been in day care do not suffer a different type of respiratory infections once they enter school.
D Correct. Children who have been in day care actually suffer fewer episodes of respiratory infections once they enter school (as compared to children who have not been in day care).

Answer to Question 2

C
Chronic hypoxia in children with a mixed CHD causes pooling of the blood in the capillaries, which results in clubbing of the fingers.



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