You are assessing a 4-year-old child with a fever and cough. The child is very calm and receptive to your presence. Given this, which action would be most appropriate during your ongoing assessment?
A) Ask the mother to leave until the assessment is complete
B) Take the child to the ambulance for assessment
C) Have the mother remain with the child for the assessment
D) Refrain from touching the patient until in the ambulance
D) Refrain from touching the patient until in the ambulance
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A. Clinic aide B. Data processing clerk C. Intravenous technician D. Billing or collection assistant
Your patient is a 68-year-old female complaining of diffuse abdominal pain. She has a history of intestinal hernias and adhesions from previous abdominal surgery. Your suspicion should be highest for:
A) appendicitis. B) diverticulitis. C) bowel obstruction. D) ulcerative colitis.
An infant who is short of breath is alert and has adequate respirations at a rate of 54 per minute. His skin color is pink but slightly cool to the touch. When you place a pediatric mask on his face, he becomes very upset and begins to physically struggle to remove it. In this situation you would:
a. gently restrain the infant's hands so that he cannot remove the mask. b. secure the mask to the infant's face using tape. c. allow the mother to hold the infant and then provide blow-by oxygen therapy. d. omit the oxygen for now and continue to assess the infant every 5 minutes.
___________ the measurement of elapsed time since the patient began to experience the sign, pain, discomfort, or symptom, either by identifying the starting point, the length of time the symptom, pain, or discomfort has impacted the patient's life, or the point of time when a complication arose during the management of a chronic condition
Fill in the blank with correct word.