Chapter 30

A nurse is teaching a parent ways to reduce fever in a child. What statement made by the parent would require further education?

"I will give my child a tepid sponge bath to reduce the fever."

A nursing student is learning how to insert and administer enteral feedings through a nasogastric (ng) tube. The student identifies the best way to check placement before each feeding as which of the following?

Aspirating stomach contents and checking pH

When an infant is scheduled for a painful procedure, what is the most important action by the nurse?

Help to soothe and comfort the baby before and after the procedure.

The parents of a 2-year-old child have been taught how to administer ear drops to their child. Upon return demonstration, what action(s) by the parents would require re-education by the nurse? Select all that apply.

The parent pulls the pinna of the ear up and back, The parent places the tip of the medication dropper into the ear canal prior to administration, The parent keeps the child's head in the same position after administration for approximately 30 seconds.