Chapter 35: Key Pediatric Nursing Interventions - ML6
A health care provider has prescribed hydroxyurea 20 mg/kg to a child as part of a treatment regimen for sickle cell disease. The child weighs 27 lb (12.2 kg). How many milligrams should the nurse administer?
244
The nurse is administering 2 puffs of an albuterol sulfate inhaler to a 4-year-old. Which side effect would the nurse instruct the parent to most likely expect?
Increased heart rate and restlessness
The nurse has been caring for a 12-year-old boy during his 5-day hospitalization. The child's IV has infiltrated, and the care provider is getting ready to change the intravenous line site. Which statement made by the nurse would be appropriate in supporting the child?
"The client is left-handed and likes to draw; an IV site in his right arm would be best."
A nurse is caring for a child who requires intravenous maintenance fluid. The child weighs 30 kg. Calculate the child's daily maintenance fluid requirement in milliliters. Record your answer using a whole number.
1700
The nurse is calculating the urinary output for the infant. The infant's diaper weighed 40 g prior to placing the diaper on the infant. After removal of the wet diaper, the diaper weighed 75 g. How many milliliters of urine can the nurse document as urinary output? Record your answer using a whole number.
35
The nurse is caring for a 12-year-old post-appendectomy client who weighs 86 pounds. The child has a temperature of 38.5ºC (101.3ºF). The nurse prepares to give the client a dose of oral acetaminophen. The order reads "Tylenol 15mg/kg/dose every 4 to 6 hours PO PRN for fever or pain." How many milligrams of Tylenol should the nurse give the client?
587 milligrams
A child is receiving intravenous fluids for dehydration. The nurse notes coarse breath sounds and increased pulse and blood pressure. What does the nurse do first?
Discontinue the IV infusion.
A toddler requires 1.5 ml of an antibiotic given intramuscularly (IM). How will the nurse administer this medication?
Divide the dose. Administer 0.75 ml IM in each vastus lateralis.
A nurse is preparing a dose of insulin to give the client. Which action takes priority when preparing and administering this medication?
Double-check the dose with another RN before giving.
The nurse has prepared an IM injection to give a 13-year-old child. After some searching, the nurse locates the child in the playroom in front of a video game. Which action is best for the nurse to take?
Inform the child that it is time for an injection. Explain why the injection is needed and have the child move to the treatment room.
As the nurse prepares to administer a medication to a preschooler, the nurse realizes that the child is extremely underweight for age. What action would the nurse take?
Measure the child's height and weight, and check whether the dose is correct for the child.
The nurse is preparing to give a 4-month-old an oral medication. Which technique demonstrates the nurse's accurate knowledge of the infant's developmental level?
Position the infant upright, offer the infant a bottle of formula, remove the bottle and squirt the medication on the side of the tongue toward the cheek, then offer the infant the bottle again.
A pediatric client is having difficulty breathing. Which nursing intervention is appropriate for this client?
Provide oxygen as needed to maintain oxygen saturation above 93%.
The nurse is caring for a comatose school-age child receiving gastrostomy tube feedings. The nurse aspirates 15 ml of stomach contents prior to administering a feeding. What is the appropriate action by the nurse?
Replace the stomach contents and continue with the feedings as prescribed.
The nurse is caring for a 13-year-old client with ulcerative colitis who has a new temporary colostomy. Which nursing intervention is priority?
Teach the client how to perform colostomy care.
A parent informs the nurse about having a hard time getting her 6-year-old child to take the liquid medication at home. Which would be the best suggestion for the nurse to offer the parent to help correct this concern?
Tell the parent to state firmly, "It's time for you to drink your medicine."
The student nurse is preparing to care for a recently placed gastrostomy tube. Which action would prompt further instruction from the overseeing nurse?
The student obtains an antimicrobial soap to clean the area surrounding the tube.
The parent of a child with a central venous catheter expresses concern about whether the catheter could fall out when the child goes home. What is the nurse's best response?
There is a tiny cuff under the skin that secures the catheter.
The nursing student identifies which technique as the correct one to use when giving oral medications to an infant?
Use a dropper and slowly inject the liquid into the side of the infant's mouth.
The nurse is preparing to administer a medication via a syringe pump as ordered for a 2-month-old girl. Which is the priority nursing action?
Verify the medication order.
A parent must administer a medication in syrup form to a 2-month-old infant. The nurse suggests:
placing the syrup in an medicine syringe.
