A 14-year-old boy is being admitted to the hospital for an appendectomy. Which roommate should the nurse assign with this patient?
a. A 4-year-old boy who is first day post-appendectomy surgery
b. A 6-year-old boy with pneumonia
c. A 15-year-old boy admitted with a vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis
d. A 12-year-old boy with cellulitis
ANS: C
When a child is admitted, nurses follow several fairly universal admission procedures. The minimum considerations for room assignment are age, sex, and nature of the illness. Age-grouping is especially important for adolescents. The 14-year-old boy being admitted to the unit after appendectomy surgery should be placed with a noninfectious child of the same sex and age. The 15-year-old child with sickle cell is the best choice. The 4-year-old boy who is post-appendectomy is too young, and the child with pneumonia is too young and possibly has an infectious process. The 12-year-old boy with cellulitis is the right age, but he has an infection (cellulitis).
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