The nurse is caring for a child who has been sedated for a painful procedure. The priority nursing activity for this child is:
1. Allowing parents to stay with the child.
2. Monitoring pulse oximetry.
3. Assessing the child's respiratory effort.
4. Placing the child on a cardiac monitor.
3
Rationale:
1. Parents may be allowed to stay with the child, but assessment of breathing effort must take priority. When a child is sedated for a procedure, it is very important for the nurse actually to visualize the child's breathing effort.
2. Although equipment is important and is used routinely during sedation, it does not replace the need for visual assessment. When a child is sedated for a procedure, it is very important for the nurse actually to visualize the child's breathing effort.
3. When a child is sedated for a procedure, it is very important for the nurse actually to visualize the child's breathing effort.
4. Although equipment is important and is used routinely during sedation, it does not replace the need for visual assessment. When a child is sedated for a procedure, it is very important for the nurse actually to visualize the child's breathing effort.
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