A 5-year-old child is admitted to the hospital with acute glomerulonephritis. In taking the child’s history, what does the nurse recognize as the probable cause?

A nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child who has dehydration. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the priority?

A child with nephrotic syndrome is being treated with prednisone to reduce proteinuria and edema. The nurse is aware that prednisone belongs to what medication classification?

A nurse is caring for a child who has acute glomerulonephritis. Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority?

A nurse is calculating the output of an infant admitted who has dehydration. When weighing the diaper, the nurse should equate 1 g of wet diaper weight to which of the following amounts of urine?

A child who has never been free of bed-wetting for any extended period of time is defined as?

A nurse is collecting data from a 3-year-old child who has acute diarrhea and dehydration. Which of the following findings indicates that oral rehydration therapy has been effective?

A school-age child in an emergency department has a 2-day history of nausea and vomiting and reports severe right lower quadrant pain. A nurse is preparing the child for an appendectomy. Which of the following statements by the child should the nurse find most concerning?

A nurse is caring for a child who has acute diarrhea and reports that he is thirsty. Which of the following fluids should the nurse give the child?

A nurse is preparing to administer hydrocodone/acetaminophen 5 mg PO every 6 hr for pain. The amount available is hydrocodone/acetaminophen 7.5 mg/500 mg/15 mL elixir. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is assisting in the care of a preschool aged child in the emergency department.

Complete the following sentence by using the list of options.

The nurse should anticipate a provider prescription for an