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18-year-old child is admitted for treatment of osteosarcoma the nurse notes a stiff
body posture elevated heart rate and lack of interaction with the parents which
nursing intervention should the nurse implement


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Administer prescribed pain medication

Rationale: Fayetteville acute pain in school age children include activation
of the sympathetic nervous system elevated heart rate blood pressure and
sweating social withdrawal grimacing crying or decrease interest in normal
activities school age children have an awareness of bodily harm and will

, often fear the administration of medication more than the pain itself they
may verbally denies pain to avoid a pain management technique




A client who has been prescribed codeine for pain is experiencing nausea and
vomiting what should the nurse do to assist his client


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Notify the physician

Rationale: Nausea vomiting should be reported to the doctor because a
change to another analgesic may be necessary




A client who is partly paralyzed after a spinal injury is intubated and started on
mechanical ventilation. the nurse implement several actions in order to reduce the risk
of ventilation associated pneumonia (VAP). which nursing intervention is part of a
standard that prevention


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- Maintain HOB 35 degrees
- perform daily sedation interruptions
- provide peptic ulcer disease prophylaxis

Rationale: VAP Is the most common complication of mechanical ventilation
and affect approximate 28% of all ventilated patients as mortality is high,
preventative measures should be implemented


the 4-step evidence-based ventilation bundle is considered standard care
for all patients receiving mechanical ventilation

the four components are
1. raising the head of the bed to 30 to 45°daily
2. interruptions of sedation

, 3. assessing readiness to extubate, peptic ulcer disease prophylaxis
4. DVT prophylaxis




Diverticulitis


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Fecal impaction and obstruction of the lumen of a diverticulum (pouch)
inflammation of the diverticulum




The nurse is designing a study to evaluate the effectiveness of grief counseling and
caregivers who recently lost a spouse after a long-term illness when determining
what previous research studies have a dress effectiveness of grief counseling what
should the nurse do first


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Collect research abstracts of studies that focus on the effectiveness of grief
counseling

Rationale: An astroid provides a quick overview of the study and question
address as the research question and gives the reader a very short
description of the research method study results and conclusion it's
function is to help determine if the research report is relevant to the reader
or not




Prior to administering a dose of propranolol hydrochloride (Inderal)10 mg by mouth
the nurse assesses the client BP as being 88/50 mmHg what should the nurse do at
this time


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