A 4-year-old girl returns to the pediatrician's office for a postoperative visit following hospitalization for minor surgery. When observing the child in the waiting area, which behavior should the nurse consider normal for this age child?

A 6-year-old child is diagnosed with rheumatic fever and demonstrates associated chorea (sudden aimless movements of the arms and legs). Which information should the nurse provide to the parents?

A toddler is hospitalized with Kawasaki's disease. Pharmacological management includes aspirin therapy. What is the primary benefit of the aspirin?

A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is checking the bowel sounds of a client who has epilepsy. The client begins to experience a tonic-clonic seizure. Identify the sequence of steps the nurse should follow. (Move the steps into the box on the right, placing them in the selected order of performance. Use all the steps.)

The nurse is planning care for a 4-year-old girl who is diagnosed as having a developmental disability. What should be the primary focus of treatment for this child?

Find information about a client below.

The nurse collects items to replace the peripheral intravenous line.

Which 2 items must the nurse make sure is available before attempting to place the intravenous line?

A paediatric home care nurse schedules a visit to the home of a 4-week-old newborn who had a low thyroxine (T4) and a high thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) at birth, and was diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism or cretinism. Which instruction is most important for the nurse to provide the parents of this child?

The nurse is caring for a school-age child with cystic fibrosis and reviews the admission medication prescriptions. Which medication should the nurse obtain a prescription for to be administered with every meal?

The nurse is admitting a child with a diagnosis of untreated hypoparathyroidism. Which finding indicative of hypocalcaemia should the nurse report to the healthcare provider?

A 4-month-old girl is brought to the clinic by her mother because she has had a cold for 2 to 3 days and woke up this morning with a barking cough and difficulty breathing. Which additional assessment finding should alert the nurse that the child is in acute respiratory distress?

A child weighing 67 pounds (30.5 kg) receives a prescription for benztropine 0.61 mg intravenous (IV) every 12 hours. This medication is available as 1 mg/mL ampules. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter the numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest hundredth.)