The nurse caring for a child who has had a heart catheterization ...

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The nurse caring for a child who has had a heart catheterization is aware that the child's activity level is:
 
  a. unrestricted because this is a minor procedure
  b. restricted to being up and about with no exercise, lifting, or other activity, which would increase heart rate
  c. restricted to sitting in a chair for 4 hours after the procedure
  d. bed rest with the affected extremity straight for 4 to 8 hours, subject to hospital policy and physician's orders

Question 2

A mother asks the nurse to explain what fine motor skills are. She has heard that it has something to do with the ability to draw and color within the lines in school-aged children, and she is curious to know what this means in an infant.
 
  The nurse would explain that fine motor development is the ability to: a. write and draw and that infants do not have any fine motor skills
  b. coordinate hand-to-eye movement in an orderly and progressive manner
  c. pick up items and move them from place to place in a voluntary fashion
  d. use all of the fingers equally well and both hands in a coordinated method

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Answer to Question 1

D

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A Incorrect. The child's activity level is restricted. This is not a minor procedure.
B Incorrect. The child's activity level is not restricted to being up and about with no exercise, lifting, or other activity, which would increase heart rate.
C Incorrect. The child is not restricted to sitting in a chair for 4 hours after the procedure.
D Correct. After a heart catheterization the child should be kept in bed with the affected extremity straight for 4 to 8 hours, subject to hospital policy and physician's orders.

Answer to Question 2

B

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A Incorrect. The nurse would not explain that fine motor development is the ability to write and draw and that infants do not have any fine motor skills.
B Correct. Fine motor development is the ability to coordinate hand-eye movement in an orderly and progressive manner.
C Incorrect. The nurse would not explain that fine motor development is the ability to pick up items and move them from place to place in a voluntary fashion.
D Incorrect. The nurse would not explain that fine motor development is the ability to use all of the fingers equally well and both hands in a coordinated method.