When teaching the parents of a toddler with a congenital heart defect, the nurse should explain all medical treatments and should emphasize which instruction about their child
A. Reduce the caloric intake to decrease cardiac demand.
B. Relax discipline and limit setting to prevent crying.
C. Avoid contact with small children to reduce overstimulation.
D. Try to maintain the usual lifestyle to promote normal development.
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A child is to receive intrathecal methotrexate (Folex) for treatment of meningeal leukemia. For which reason would intrathecal administration be selected
A. The child has very poor veins and is unable to receive drugs IV.
B. This drug would be destroyed by gastric acid and so it can't be given by mouth.
C. This drug is poorly transported across the blood-brain barrier, so it's administered intrathecally.
D. Because the drug is rapidly absorbed if given IM, adverse effects may appear more quickly.
During a parenting group meeting, a mother reveals that she has observed her 6-year-old son playing with his penis during his bath. She asks the nurse how she should respond to the situation. What would be the nurse's most appropriate response
A. "Avoid characterizing it as bad because that's normal at his age. "
B. "If he does it often, you might consider disciplining him. "
C. "Ignore it and hope that he outgrows it. "
D. "Supervise his baths and encourage him to stop doing it. "
A client is admitted with a suspected diagnosis of an acute myocardial infarction. When providing care for the client, the nurse should avoid which route when taking a temperature
A. Oral.
B. Rectal.
C. Axillary.
D. Tympanic.
It's important to assess the maturity of enzyme systems (kidney and liver) in which pediatric population before administering medications
Adolescents.
B. Neonates.
C. Premature infants.
D. Toddlers.