Exam 22: Health Care Adaptations for the Child and Family

When suctioning a tracheostomy, the nurse will:

After topical administration of hydrocortisone cream to the buttocks and abdomen of an infant, the nurse should:

When the nurse starts to administer a medication to a 2-month-old child, the nurse discovers there is no ID bracelet on the child. The nurse should:

The nurse explains that the factor that affects the infant's physiological response to medications is:

The nurse selects the best site for giving an intramuscular injection to a 15-month-old child, which is the:

The prescription for a 4-month-old is: penicillin G 150,000 units IM bid. The drug is supplied as a unit dose of 600,000 units in a 5-ml vial. The nurse should give the dose as:

The nurse clarifies that the informed consent for a minor guarantees that the parent or legal guardian understands: Select all that apply.

A parent tells the nurse, "I'm not sure how to give this medicine to my infant." The nurse would teach the parent to best administer an oral suspension by:

The intervention that would be correct when a nurse is administering a gastrostomy feeding by gravity is:

The physician has ordered phenytoin syrup 20 mg PO q.i.d. for a child that weighs 15 pounds. The PDR states that 10 mg/kg/day is the maximum daily dose. The safe dose of this medication is ____________________ mg.

A child who has a continuous intravenous infusion should be assessed every:

The emergency action for airway obstruction in the infant is to give:

The nurse explains that the tympanic thermometer is more accurate because:

The nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child. When reviewing yesterday's intake and output record, the nurse would expect the child's daily urinary output to be approximately:

The strategy the nurse might use when administering oral medications to a young child who is reluctant to take it is:

The best site for the nurse to use when assessing the pulse rate on a 12-month-old infant is:

The restraint that is most appropriate for the insertion of an intravenous line in a scalp vein of an infant is the:

An infant's dry diaper weighs 2.5 grams. The wet diaper weighs 47 grams. The nurse would record the infant's urine output as:

The nurse is aware that for the 3-month-old who has a surgery time of 2:30 PM, the start order for NPO should be no earlier than ____________________.

Garamycin ear drops are prescribed for a 4-year-old child. To administer the ear drops the nurse would pull the auricle: