The nurse is interviewing parents of an infant with pyloric stenosis. What would the nurse expect the parents to report?
a. Diarrhea
b. Projectile vomiting
c. Poor appetite
d. Constipation
ANS: B
Vomiting is the outstanding symptom of pyloric stenosis. Food is ejected with considerable force, which is described as projectile vomiting.
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