The parents of an infant who just underwent insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for hydrocephalus are concerned about the prognosis. what information should the nurse give the parents?

The nurse should give information to the parents that shunt may need to be replaced as the child grows older. The ventriculoperitoneal shunting is a surgical process that mainly treats a condition named hydrocephalus. This illness happens when additional cerebrospinal fluid gathers in the ventricles of the brain. The cerebrospinal fluid mitigates the brain and defends it from injury inside the skull.