Excess fluid losses quickly cause death in an infant or child
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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A prescriber orders naratriptan (Amerge) for a patient's migraine headache. Prior to the administration of this drug, which question(s) would be the most important for the nurse to ask? (Select all that apply.)
a. "Have you ever had a heart attack?" b. "Do you have a history of urinary frequency?" c. "Do you use tobacco products?" d. "How long do you usually sleep at night?" e. "Do you have high blood pressure?"
An 18-month-old child is seen in the clinic with a temperature of 40° C. The child's parents tell the nurse that the child developed the fever the previous evening and was inconsolable during the night
The provider examines the child and notes a bulging, erythematous tympanic membrane. The nurse will expect to: a. ask the parent to return to the clinic in 2 days to see whether antibiotics need to be started. b. discuss a referral to an ear, nose, and throat specialist for follow-up treatment. c. teach the parent to give analgesics for 3 days while observing for worsening symptoms. d. tell the parent to administer amoxicillin at 45 mg/kg/dose twice daily.
One of the patients on a nurse's team has become very ill and is requiring more of the nurse's time than was anticipated. The nurse must delegate some patient care activities in order to have time to care for this critically ill patient
Which activity can this nurse only delegate to another nurse? 1. Assessment of a newly admitted patient. 2. Checking the blood pressure of a patient who had blood pressure elevation yesterday. 3. Helping a patient with a shower. 4. Delivering a specimen to the lab.
In arterial thrombosis or deep vein thrombosis, platelets will ________ the production of ________.
A. increase; prostacyclin B. decrease; prostacyclin C. increase; thromboxane D. decrease; thromboxane