The nurse is caring for a preschool-age child with acute nasopharyngitis. Which information should the nurse include when teaching the parents about this health problem?
A) Healthy children rarely have more than one cold per year.
B) Typically, the child will pull the ear when a cold is present.
C) A cough that accompanies a cold should rarely be suppressed.
D) An antibiotic is prescribed for children younger than 5 years of age.
C
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When caring for a child with acute nasopharyngitis, or the common cold, the nurse should teach the parents that cough suppressants are not necessary because coughing raises secretions, preventing pooling of secretions and the danger of consequent lower respiratory infection. Healthy children can have more than one cold per year. Pulling on the ear indicates an ear infection. Antibiotics are not prescribed unless a bacterial infection is present.
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