The nurse will be teaching the parents of a 3-month-old about basic infant safety. Which of the following should the nurse emphasize?
a. Placing gates or fences at stairways
b. Keeping bathroom doors closed
c. Giving large teething biscuits
d. Removing bibs at bedtime
D
Bibs should be removed at bedtime to avoid suffocation or strangulation.
Placing gates or fences at stairways is an appropriate safety measure to prevent falls of the 8- to 12-month-old infant.
Keeping bathroom doors closed is an appropriate safety measure to prevent drowning of the 8- to 12-month-old infant.
Caution should be exercised when giving teething biscuits to a 4- to 7-month-old infant because large chunks may be broken off and aspirated. Teething biscuits are typically not given to a 3-month-old.
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The nursing student is attending a client care experience in the community. This type of experience is considered:
a. service learning. c. continuing education. b. staff development. d. computer-assisted instruction.
Which information about risk factors should the school nurse use when developing a program to reduce modifiable risk factors in high school students?
A) Sickle cell anemia is an inherited disorder. B) Heart disease develops at an earlier age in men. C) Many high school students do not get enough physical activity. D) Certain ethnic variables increase the risk for chronic disease.
The nurse is working in a pediatric intensive care unit. A young couple has just been informed that their 6-year-old son has died after being in the unit for 1 month. The couple is grief stricken and says to the nurse,
"We can't believe this has happened. He was too young. God is watching over him. Do you believe in God?" What is the most appropriate response by the nurse? a. "It was his time. He is in a better place." b. "He suffered enough. He is in peace now." c. "I believe he is with angels, but what you think is most important." d. "It doesn't matter what I think. It is only important what you think."
A ___________________ delivers oxygen through a catheter permanently inserted into the trachea, thus allowing the patient to speak and bypassing anatomical dead space
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