Pediatrics Ch 11 PrepU
A nurse is caring for an 18-month-old girl undergoing traction therapy in a rehabilitation unit. The nurse understands that the girl is in the second phase of separation anxiety when she observes what behavior?
The toddler is quiet, looks sad, and is disinterested in playing.
The hospital nurse is providing discharge instructions to the caregivers of a 10-year-old child with a new prosthetic limb. Which finding will cause the nurse to contact the primary health care provider?
The child is being discharged home with the caregiver
The nurse is caring for a 13-year-old who is hospitalized for management of his recently diagnosed diabetes. The child has been withdrawn, and when asked she reports she is "just tired of being sick". What action by the nurse will be of the greatest benefit to helping the child with this concern?
Encourage the child to participate in planning her daily care.
The nurse is providing teaching for the parents of an 8-year-old girl who has undergone surgery. The nurse emphasizes the importance of maintaining adequate hydration. Which response by the mother would indicate a need for further teaching?
"I will remind her that she will need an IV if she does not drink."
A team of nurses has been chosen to devise a program to help educate children and their families about the hospital and being hospitalized. Which activity should the nurses plan to best achieve this goal?
Plan an open house and invite the families of the community to come tour the hospital.
The nurse is preparing discharge teaching for a child and the caregivers after a week of hospitalization. Which activity should the nurse prioritize in this plan?
Plan to review information and procedures with the family caregivers before discharge.
A 6-year-old child will be hospitalized for a surgical procedure. How can the nurse best ease the stress of hospitalization for this child
Prepare the child for hospitalization by explaining what to expect and showing him or her around the hospital.
On the first postoperative day, a 4-year-old child who was hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy has begun to cry relentlessly, will not let the nurse touch him or her, and keeps asking for the parent. The pediatric nurse is aware that this client is in which stage of separation?
protest
A nurse is caring for a young child who has been hospitalized in a facility that is located several hours from the child's home. The child has not seen his parents in three weeks. When they arrive to visit, the child ignores them. The nurse is aware that this is common in which stage of separation anxiety?
third stage
The nurse at a pediatric clinic is preparing a 5-year-old child for admission to the hospital for surgery. Which response should the nurse prioritize when asked by the child what happens at the hospital?
"Some people go here to have babies, or when they're sick or hurt, so they can try to get better."