Which is the most appropriate nursing action for a school-age child who has sustained a head injury and multiple fractures after being thrown from a horse and whose level of consciousness is variable?

What is the best response by the nurse when the parents ask about the paralysis associated with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which has affected the respiratory muscles and requires mechanical ventilation for their child?

What clinical manifestation in a newborn would cause a nurse to suspect the diagnosis of tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)?

Following a motor vehicle accident, a client with chest trauma receives a chest tube to relieve a hemothorax. Two hours following the chest tube insertion, the nurse observes the water level in the water-seal chamber is rising during inspiration and falling during expiration. Which action should the nurse implement?

Which nursing intervention is most developmentally appropriate for a toddler with a birth injury of a torn brachial plexus that resulted in muscle atrophy and weakness of the right arm?

Which of the following is a major complication in a child with chronic renal failure?

A group of children on one hospital unit are all suffering from separation anxiety. Which child is experiencing the "despair" stage of separation anxiety?

Which of the following are mild symptoms of respiratory distress? (Select the two responses that apply)

What is the priority nursing assessment for the nurse to perform after administering vaccines?

Which statement by the nurse would best help alleviate parental guilt about their child, George, who has been recently diagnosed with autism?

A patient with liver disease and esophageal varices is admitted for an episode of hematemesis. Which patient teaching should the nurse provide prior to discharge?