Category: Nursing

The physical manifestations of fetal alcohol syndrome include:

The pediatric nurse advises a father how to best convey the circumstances surrounding the sudden death of his infant son to his four-year-old daughter. The nurse anticipates that the daughter:

A four-year-old child, whose family follows a strict vegetarian diet, undergoes a prekindergarten physical examination. The pediatric nurse is alert to the child’s potential deficiency of:

During the first two years of life, children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia requiring re-hospitalization are most likely to be diagnosed with:

A pediatric nurse, who is caring for a 12-year-old patient with septic shock, perceives a potential complication of fluid resuscitation upon noting:

While caring for a Laotian child who is hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis and dehydration, the pediatric nurse notes the parent keeping packets of herbs by the child’s bedside. Suspecting that the parent may be administering the herbs to the child, the nurse’s first action is to:

The major pharmacologic action of albuterol (Proventil) is:

A patient who is in the 10th week of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation continues to exhibit symptoms of depression. When developing a discharge plan, the cardiac/vascular nurse includes:

An adolescent, with chronic asthma, who has been hospitalized several times during the winter with severe asthmatic exacerbations confides, “I wish I could stay here in the hospital because every time that I go home, I get sick again!” The pediatric nurse’s best response is:

A cardiac/vascular nurse reviews recommended activities with a patient who sustained a myocardial infarction. The patient states, “It doesn’t really matter what I do or don’t do. I will either get better or die.” This statement reflects: