A nurse is caring for a 2-month-old infant who is postoperative following surgical repair of a cleft lip that is fussy. The nurse should encourage this to comfort.
What is Encourage the parents to rock the infant
This statement from a parent who a nurse is teaching a parent of a 6-month-old infant about car seat safety indicates an understanding of the teaching.
What is I can fit my hand between the baby and the car seat harness?
As the clinic nurse is assessing a child who is scheduled to receive a live virus vaccine (immunization), this is a general contraindication associated with receiving a live virus vaccine.
What is The child has a disorder that caused a severely deficient immune system.
As the nurse in the clinic is interviewing a mother who expresses concern regarding her 3-year-old daughter demanding a bottle of milk in her bed at naptime and bedtime. This is the most appropriate suggestion the nurse should give.
What is giving your daughter milk in a sippy-cup before the nap, instead of a bottle in the bed.
As a nurse is planning care for a child who has mumps. This should be included in the nurse's plan.
What is Initiate droplet precautions
This is a activity that should be included in the plan for a 4-year-old child who requires airborne precautions.
What is Putting a large-piece puzzle together?
As the nurse is performing a developmental screening on a 3-year-old child, this is a skill the nurse expects the child to be able to perform?
What is Riding a tricycle?
A 16-year old boy is admitted for an illness. According to Erikson, this intervention should be implemented by the nurse.
What is Encouraging the boy to invite his friends to visit?
As nurse is preparing to administer the first measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) immunization to a 15-month-old toddler, this findings is contraindication for this immunization.
What is a congenital immunodeficiency
As nurse is teaching car safety to a parent of an infant who weighs 4.5kg (10 LB). This car seat positions should the nurse include in the teaching.
What is a rear facing car seat in the middle of the back seat.
The nurse on the maternity unit is providing discharge instructions to the mother of an infant regarding physical and psychosocial development. This instruction is appropriate for the nurse to give.
What is Allowing the infant to signal needs and respond to those signals?
As the nurse is teaching a childcare and parenting class to expecting parents. One of the expectant parents asks the nurse about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), this is the most appropriate response by the nurse.
What is Overheating and exposure to tobacco smoke are known to increase the risk for SIDS, which is the leading cause of death between 1 and 12 months."
This action should be taken by a nurse who is admitting a toddler who has a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
What is Keeping thermometer in the toddlers room?
As a nurse is teaching assistive personnel to measure a newborn's respiratory rate. This statements indicates an understanding of why the respiratory rate should be counted for a full minute.
What is The rate and rhythm of breath are irregular in newborns.
The nurse on the pediatric unit is observing children in the playroom. The nurse would expect to see 5-year-old children playing in this manner.
What is Cooperatively with other preschoolers?
The nurse on the pediatric unit is caring for an adolescent admitted for pneumonia. The nurse knows the major threat experienced by the adolescent who is hospitalized is this.
What is Altered body image?
As the nurse is checking the vital signs of a 3-year-old child during a well-child visit, this VS being abnormal should the nurse report to the provider?
What is respiratory distress.
Respiratory distress to cardiac.
The pediatric nurse is caring for a 6-month-old infant in the family practice clinic. At birth, the baby weighed 8 lbs. This is what does the nurse expects the baby’s weight to be now? In kg
What is 7.27kg
The nurse is developing a care plan for an adolescent girl admitted for pneumonia. Which statement regarding normal growth and development is effective nursing care based on?
What is Success in each phase of growth and development affects ability to successfully complete subsequent phases?
The nurse in the clinic is caring for school-age children. The nurse knows physical growth involves this.
What is Skeletal structure strengthening?