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The nurse is caring for a 3 year old child who is 2 hours postop from a cardiac catheritization via the right femoral artery. Which assessment finding is an indication of arterial obstruction? -ANSWER Right foot is cool to the touch and appears pale and blanched Following a motor vehicle collision, a 3 year old girl has a spica cast applied. Which toy is best for the nurse for this 3 year old child? -ANSWER Set of cloth and hand puppets An infant with tetralogy of fallot becomes acutely cy...

1. The nurse is caring for a 3-year old child who is 2 hours postop from a cardiac catheterization via the right femoral artery. Which assessment finding is an indication of arterial obstruction? a.Blood pressure trend is downward and pulse is rapid and irregular. b.Right foot is cool to the touch and appears pale and blanched. c.Pulse distal to the femoral artery is weaker on the left foot than right foot. d.The pressure dressing at right femoral area is moist and oozing blood. -ANSWER b.Ri...

which outcome is expected in a breastfed newborn? a. voids spontaneously within 12 hours of life b. loses 10% body weiight within the first 5 days c. regains birth weight by the 14th day of life d. awakens spontaneously for all feedings -ANSWER c - breastfed infants should regain their birth weight by 14 days of life (mother's milk comes in about day 4 of life) the average newborn weighs 3400g. the nurse will tell the parents that the baby weighs __________ lbs -ANSWER 7.5 lbs divide g...

What clinical finding should a nurse expect a child with nephrosis to exhibit? A. Elevated blood pressure B. Blood-tinged urine C. Elevated temperature D. Urine protein 3+ to 4+ -ANSWER D. Urine protein 3+ to 4+ When plotting a 20 week-old infant's weight on a standardized growth chart, the nurse determines that the child's weight is between the 2nd and 3rd percentile. Based on this finding what action should the nurse take? A. Teach the parents about interventions for failure to thriv...

The nurse is conducting an admission assessment of an 11-months old infant with congestive heart failure who is scheduled repair of restenosis of coarctation of the aorta that was repaired 4 days after birth. Findings include blood pressure higher in the arms than the lower, with pathophysiologic mechanism support these findings? -ANSWER The lumen of the aorta reduces the volume of flow to the lower extremities A child is to receive vancomycin (Vancocin) 20 mg/kg IV one hour before a schedule...

"A mother tells the nurse that her child does not want anything to do with toilet training and yells "NO!" consistently when she tries to toilet train. The child is 2 years old. According to Erikson, the nurse interprets that the child is experiencing which psychosocial crisis?" a. autonomy vs shame and doubt b. initiative vs guilt c. industry vs inferiority d. trust vs mistrust -ANSWER Autonomy vs shame and doubt A 2-year-old child is admitted to the hospital with juvenile rheumatoid...

Federal law - ANSWER The privacy of medical records is protected by? Public speaking - ANSWER In preparing for trial, which one of the following items is least critical? A flame contacting new fuel - ANSWER The most common way for a fire spreads is by? In their own departments - ANSWER A significant amount of personal information on employees is kept? The emotional state of the visitor - ANSWER An underlying factor in many security officers interactions with visitors is? Access to...

what should the first rescuer arriving on the scene of an unresponsive infant or child do? - ANSWERverify scene safety, check responsiveness, shout for help, activate emergency response system How long should assessing for breathing and checking for a pulse take? - ANSWERNo longer than 10 seconds If the AED indicates no shock advised, what should be the next action? - ANSWERStart chest compressions What is the compression-to-breath ratio for 1- and 2-rescuer CPR for children and infants...

10 seconds - ANSWER A 6 month old infant is unresponsive. You begin checking for breathing at the same time you check for the infants pulse. Which is the maximum time you should spend when trying to simultaneously check for breathing and palpate the infants pulse before starting CPR? Disordered Control of Breathing - ANSWER A 4 year old child is brought to the emergency department for seizures. The seizures stopped a few minutes ago, but the child continues to have slow and irregular respirat...

1. A 5-year-old child presents with lethargy, increased work of breathing, and pale color. The primary assessment reveals that the airway is open and the respiratory rate is 30/min, with crackles heard on auscultation. The cardiac monitor shows sinus tachycardia at a rate of 165/min. The pulse oximeter displays an oxygen saturation of 95% and a pulse rate of 93/min. On the basis of this information, which of the following provides the best interpretation of the oxygen saturation of 95% by pulse ...