The home health nurse instructs the new mother of a child with a cleft lip and cleft palate that once a feeding technique has been established the feeding time should be limited to no more than __________ minutes
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
30
Feeding time should be limited to 18 to 30 minutes to prevent fatiguing the infant and retarding weight gain.
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The nurse is assigned to four patients on the pediatric progressive care unit. After receiving shift report, which patient should the nurse see first?
A. Blood pressure of 88/56 mm Hg in 4-year-old child with heart failure B. Child crying inconsolably after his parents went home C. Pain 5/10 in a child 2 days after cardiac surgery D. Temperature 104.6 °F (40.3 °C) 3 days after dental visit
During a home visit, an older client recovering from cardiac valve replacement surgery states to the nurse, "I am so weak that I will never be able to dance with my wife again." An appropriate statement for the nurse to reply is
A) "It's okay, honey, in time your strength will return." B) "What type of dancing do you want to do, some are more strenuous than others?" C) "Do you think you are pushing yourself enough to return to that type of activity in the near future? Is your wife encouraging you?" D) "Tell me more about not feeling able to do what you want to do."
A patient will begin taking dimercaprol [BAL in Oil] for arsenic poisoning. The nurse performs a medical history on this patient. Which aspect of the patient's history would cause the most con-cern?
a. Anemia b. Lead exposure c. Peanut allergy d. Peptic ulcer disease
A male patient is 6 feet 2 inches tall with a body weight of 145 lbs. The nurse would calculate this patient's BMI to be which of the following?
1. 13.7 2. 19.5 3. 18.7 4. 14.3