A home health nurse is evaluating a school-age child who has cystic fibrosis. The nurse should initiate a request for high-frequency chest compression
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"My child doesn't like to sit still for nebulizer treatments."
"I think that my child has been running a fever over the last couple of days."
"My child has only a small amount of mucus after percussion therapy."
"I am concerned about my child's future participation in team sports." - "My child has only a small amount of mucus after percussion therapy."
A nurse is caring for a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus and reports severe ankle pain after falling off a stepstool at home. Which of the following prescriptions should the nurse clarify with the provider?
Obtain capillary blood glucose level every 2 hr.
Check the neurovascular status of the client's lower extremities every hour.
Apply a cold pack to the client's ankle for 30 min every hour.
Maintain the affected ankle elevated and immobilized. - Apply a cold pack to the client's ankle for 30 min every hour.
A nurse is assessing a newborn who is 2 hr old. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
Slightly blue hands and feet
Respiratory rate 40/min
Axillary temperature 36.2C (97.2F)
Apical pulse 136/min - Axillary temperature 36.2C (97.2F)
A nurse is caring for a client who is 3 days postoperative following a T4 spinal cord injury.
Drag 1 condition and 1 client finding to fill in the blank in the following sentence.
The client is at risk for developing ____ due to ____. - The client is at risk for developing HEMORRHAGIC STROKE due to AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA.
A nurse is caring for a school-age child.
For each assessment finding, click to specify if the finding is consistent with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or intellectual disability (ID). Each finding may support more than 1 disease process. - ADHD- Hyperreactivity to sensory input, Interrupting others, Losing necessary things, Intellectual impairment
ID- Impaired language skills, Intellectual impairment
A nurse is caring for a newly admitted client.
Select 2 findings that require immediate follow-up. - Hemoglobin
Platelet count
A nurse is caring for a newborn.
Complete the following sentence by using the list of options.
The nurse should plan to first assess the newborn's ______followed by the newborn's_______. - The nurse should plan to first assess the newborn's RESPIRATORY RATE followed by the newborn's HEART RATE.
A nurse is caring for a client who is 24 hr postoperative following a cesarean birth.
Drag 1 condition and 1 client finding to fill in the blank in the following sentence.
The client is at risk for developing ____ as evidenced by _____. - The client is at risk for developing SEIZURES as evidenced by BLOOD PRESSURE.
A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is caring for a client who is postoperative following an emergency appendectomy.
Complete the diagram. - Potential condition:
Varicose veins
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