A nurse is assessing a child who is 2 hr postoperative following a cardiac catheterization and finds the dressing is saturated with blood. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is assessing a child who is 2 hr postoperative following a cardiac catheterization and finds the dressing is saturated with blood. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is preparing to administer an IM injection to a 3-year-old child. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

A nurse is assessing a preschool-age child who is in the immediate postoperative period following a tonsillectomy. Which of the following assessment findings is the priority?

A nurse is planning postoperative care for an adolescent following scoliosis repair with spinal instrumentation. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is caring for a group of toddlers receiving digoxin therapy. For which of the following toddlers should the nurse revise the plan of care?

A nurse is planning care for a preschooler who has neutropenia. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?

A nurse is caring for a 3-year-old child.

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2 Nurses' Notes

0730:

Child presents to the emergency department (ED). Guardians report the child woke up coughing with a low-grade fever. Child appears alert and restless in guardian's arms.

Respirations easy, no cough noted.

0800:

Child became agitated. Hoarse cry noted with audible inspiratory stridor. Barking, nonproductive cough present.

For each of the following findings, click to specify if the finding is consistent with acute laryngotracheobronchitis or pneumonia. Each finding may support more than one disease process.

Assessment Findings: Acute laryngotracheobronchitis /Pneumonia

A nurse is obtaining informed consent for an adolescent who is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization. The adolescent's guardian states, "I don't understand why they need to do this procedure." Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a preschool-age child who has acute acetylsalicylic acid poisoning. Which of the following should the nurse expect?

A nurse is providing teaching to the parents of a school-age child newly diagnosed with a seizure disorder. The nurse should teach the parents to take which of the following actions during a seizure?