The nurse is doing discharge teaching for a child who has had a tonsillectomy. The nurse tells the patient and family that the child should have plenty of fluids. In addition, the nurse would explain to the child's caregiver that the child may:
A) have a painful earache around the third day postoperatively, but it will be gone by the fourth day.
B) vomit dark, old blood, but to call the clinic if he has bleeding between the fifth and seventh days postoperatively.
C) be given ice cream and milk the first postoperative day because they make swallowing easier.
D) have severe throat pain for up to 2 weeks postoperatively; this is not a concern.
B
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The family is organized as a unit for the achievement of certain functions. The nurse is completing data collection about a family and knows that what is the most important primary function of the family?
A) Provides everything each member of the family wants B) Provides an environment that supports growth of individual family members C) Ensures that the members are accepted into society as a whole D) Ensures that family economic resources are kept in the nuclear family and not shared with the broader community
The nursing student is bathing a 73-year-old Native American female client. The student reports to the nurse that the client has what looks like cyanosis on her sacrum
The nurse goes with the student to assess the client but suspects that the cyanosis that the student sees is most likely: 1. Caused from the client laying on her back most of the morning 2. Caused by the bright sunlight in the room 3. Normal hyperpigmentation of mongolian spots 4. Blue dye that has bled off the cheap new gowns that the hospital has purchased
Ordered: 25,000 units of heparin in 500 mL D5W infusing at 30 mL/h. The patient will receive ________ of heparin in 24 hours.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The advantages of the ventrogluteal muscle as an injection site in young children include which of the following (Select all that apply)?
a. Less painful than vastus lateralis b. Free of important nerves and vascular structures c. Cannot be used when child reaches a weight of 20 pounds d. Increased subcutaneous fat, which increases drug absorption e. Easily identified by major landmarks