Peds Coursepoint Chap 35
A 4-year-old child is admitted to the hospital for surgery. Before the nurse administers medicine, the best way to identify the child would be to:
read the child's armband
A nurse is administering ear drops to a 7-year-old girl. What should the nurse do?
Pull the pinna of the ear up and back to straighten the external ear canal.
A nurse is educating the parents how to administer daily oral medication to their 5-year-old boy. Which response indicates a need for further teaching?
"He needs to take his medicine or he will lose a privilege."
The nurse is caring for an 8-year-old girl who requires medication that is only available in an enteric tablet form. The nurse is teaching the mother how to help the girl swallow the medication. Which statement indicates a need for further teaching?
"I can pinch her nose to make it easier to swallow."
A child with HIV, weighing 25 kg (55.1 lbs), is about to receive an infusion of IVIG. The recommended dose is 400 mg/kg/dose. The medication is available in a concentration of 50 mg/mL. What is the proper amount of infusion that the child will receive?
200 mL
The nurse is providing discharge education to the parents of a 2-year-old who will be taking amoxicillin orally at home. The nurse would include which statement in the teaching?
"Use a dosing cap to measure the dosage."
A child is having difficulty swallowing pills. What is the best action for the nurse to take to help this child swallow medications?
Place the pills in a bite of ice cream or applesauce.
A child with gastroenteritis has been unable to keep oral medication down. What nursing intervention would be appropriate for this client?
Request an intravenous form of the medication.
The nurse is administering a gavage feeding through a nasogastric feeding tube. Which nursing intervention is the highest priority?
The nurse verifies the position of the feeding tube.
The nurse is working to gain a preschooler's cooperation to swallow an oral medication. What would be the nurse's best approach?
ask if the child would like to take the medicine in a cup or through an oral syringe
Immediately following administering a medication by enteral tube, the nurse will:
flush the tube with water.
The new graduate nurse is preparing to administer medication to a 4-year-old client. When would it be appropriate for the supervising nurse to intervene? The new graduate:
had two whole tablets to administer to the child.
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.
