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51. A nurse is assessing a school age child who has an infratentorial brain tumor. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a manifestation of increased intracranial pressure? 52. A nurse is caring for a school age child who has experienced a tonic clonic seizure. Which of the following actions should the nurse take during the immediate postictal period? 53. A nurse is caring for an infant who is receiving IV fluids for the treatment of tetralogy of Fallot and begin...

A nurse is assessing a school age child who has peritonitis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? a. hyperactive bowel sounds b. abdominal distention c. bradycardia d. bloody stool A nurse is interviewing the parent of an 18 month old toddler during a well child visit. The nurse should identify that which of the following findings indicates a need to assess the toddler for hearing loss? a. the toddler has a vocabulary of 25 words b. The toddler developed a mild rash ...

A school nurse is assessing an adolescent who returned to school following a case of mononucleosis. the child has a note from his provider excusing him from gym class. which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the reason for this excusal? a. potential for sustaining abdominal trauma b. deficient dietary intake c. exposing peers to the illness d. straining sore joints A nurse is teaching about clinical manifestations of trachea malacia to the parent of an infant who had ...

A nurse is creating a plan of care for a preschooler who has Wilms tumor and is scheduled for surgery. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include? A- Avoid palpating the abdomen when bathing the child before surgery B- refrain from auscultating the child bowel sounds during the post-operative assessment C- encourage the child to play with other children on the unit prior to surgery D- explain it to the child that his pain will be managed after the surgery A charge nu...

Priority nursing action when a patient has been prescribed a new med and they don't have the condition indicated for the medication The term referring to needing a larger and larger amount of a drug to achieve the same efffect The term used to describe the effect of the liver processing an oral medication and reducing its bioavailability Patients taking antihistamines should avoid this popular party drink Taking this drug with theophylline can cause an adverse drug-to-drug int...

If an individual has a penicillin allergy, what other group of meds should be avoided? With the prescription for Montelukast, which medication should the client avoid taking? How does epinephrine work? If a client overuses nasal spray, what may result? What beverage should be avoided when on an antihistamine? A patient with a productive cough will likely to provided this drug to thin the secretions? If a patient has had a persistent cough for 2 weeks, the patient sh...

limit nighttime fluids and encourage bladder emptying recurrence of this disorder is not common proper hygiene practices avoid sick contacts due to decreased immune function relapses are common and may be triggered by illness or immunizations increased risk of sterility and cancer even after surgical repair edema: present hematuria: gross/severe proteinuria: mild/moderate edema: markedly present hematuria: mild to none proteinuria: severe

The nurse knows that a client with renal insufficiency should be reevaluated for best diabetic management, when it is noted the client is on metformin. What is the reason metformin is contraindicated for clients who have renal insufficiency? Select one: a. The medication increases potassium excretion. b. The medication decrease renal perfusion. c. The medication increases glucose productions. d. The medication increases the risk of lactic acidosis. The medication increases lactic acidosis....

A nurse is caring for a client prescribed hydromorphone for severe pain. The client's respiratory rate has decreased from 16 breaths per minute to 6. Which of the following medication should the nurse prepare to administer? 1) Flumazenil 2) Naloxone 3) Activated charcoal 4) Aluminum hydroxide -The client is experiencing respiratory depression likely related to over administration of hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Naloxone (Narcan) and nalmefene (Revex) are opioid antagonsists used to reverse an...

A client presents to the emergency room with respiratory depression after an opioid overdose. The nurse should anticipate the administration of ____________to reverse the effects of the opioid? A client with type II diabetes is scheduled for physical therapy at 1000. The nurse reviews the medication lists and notes that the client takes metformin. Due to this the nurse will ensure that the client: A nurse is instructing a client on the correct administration of potassium supplements. T...