The cranky child with Kawasaki disease demands to know how much longer the aspirin protocol will continue. The nurse bases the response on the knowledge that the aspirin protocol will:
a. Continue for 6 to 8 weeks if there are no coronary problems
b. Continue for the rest of the child's life on low dosages
c. Be titrated down after the temperature has stayed below 99° for 5 days
d. Be terminated when C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) have returned to normal
A
Aspirin is continued for 6 to 8 weeks after recovery if there are no coronary abnormalities.
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1. Utilizing healthy coping mechanisms. 2. Monitoring one's own reactions. 3. Keeping a journal to write thoughts and feelings. 4. Focusing on improving interventions for the next crisis.
The school nurse providing school health screenings knows that the 7- to 11-year-old is in Piaget's stage of concrete operational thoughts
Which of the following should this age group accomplish when developing operations? Select all answers that apply. A) Ability to assimilate and coordinate information about the world from different dimensions B) Ability to see things from another person's point of view and think through an action C) Ability to use stored memories of past experiences to evaluate and interpret present situations D) Ability to think about a problem from all points of view, ranking the possible solutions while solving the problem E) Ability to think outside of the present and incorporate into thinking concepts that do exist as well as concepts that might exist F) Ability to understand the principle of conservation—that matter does not change when its form changes
The neighbor of a nurse working at a health care clinic serving the needs of the homosexual community says the nurse must be brave because most of "those" people have AIDS. What would be the nurse's best response?
A) "Hey, it's a job like any other job. They all have problems.". B) "It's okay because I'm not intimate with any of the clients.". C) "It's very difficult for me when you discriminate like that.". D) "That's an unfortunate stereotype. Can we talk about the reality?"
What activity in charting will assist most in the avoidance of errors?
A) Objectivity B) Organization C) Legibility D) Timeliness