The nurse plans to teach a safety class to parents of toddlers about household exposure to medications. What will the best plan of the nurse include? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Keep the toddler awake and observe for side effects of the medication.
2. Keep all medications locked up and stored out of reach of the toddler.
3. Use syrup of ipecac immediately if the toddler has ingested medication.
4. Call the Poison Control Center for guidance with any medication ingested.
5. Teach the toddler that medications are for adult use only.
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Rationale 1: The Poison Control Center should be contacted, and they will advise if the child is to be kept awake.
Rationale 2: Locking up medications is the safest way to childproof the home.
Rationale 3: Syrup of ipecac should only be used if recommended by the Poison Control Center.
Rationale 4: The Poison Control Center should be contacted for any type of medication the toddler has ingested.
Rationale 5: It is unrealistic to expect a toddler to understand that medications are for adult use only.
Global Rationale: Locking up medications is the safest way to childproof the home. The Poison Control Center should be contacted for any type of medication the toddler has ingested. Syrup of ipecac should only be used if recommended by the Poison Control Center. The Poison Control Center should be contacted, and they will advise if the child is to be kept awake. It is unrealistic to expect a toddler to understand that medications are for adult use only.
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