While assessing a school-age child with a brain tumor after morning report, the child has an episode of projectile vomiting. What should the nurse do to help the child?
A) Hold the child's breakfast tray.
B) Administer an antiemetic as prescribed.
C) Provide a cool compress for the forehead.
D) Provide a snack until the breakfast tray arrives.
D
Feedback:
In a child with a brain tumor, vomiting most commonly occurs on arising. The child with a brain tumor is not usually nauseated and will eat immediately afterward. The vomiting pattern occurs morning after morning. Vomiting eventually will become projectile. The nurse should provide the child with a snack until the morning breakfast tray arrives. The child will be hungry and can eat after an episode of projectile vomiting. The child does not need an antiemetic or a cool compress.
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