A child being treated at home for acute glomerulonephritis has a convulsion. What should the nurse recommend the caregiver do at this time?
A) Weigh the child in the same clothes she had been weighed in the day before and report the two weighs to the nurse
B) Take the child's blood pressure and report the findings to the nurse
C) Give the child a diuretic and report back to the nurse in a few hours
D) Give the child fluids and report back to the nurse in a few hours
Ans: B
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