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INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE OF THE CLIENT AND FAMILY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN QUESTION FOR TOPIC
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- The nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child immobilized by a fractured hip. Which complication should the nurse monitor for? 
a.	Hypocalcemia 
b.	Decreased metabolic rate 
c.	Positive nitrogen balance 
d.	Increased production of stress hormones 
ANS: B 
Rational: Immobilization causes a decreased metabolic rate with slowing of all systems and a decreased food intake, leads to hypercalcemia, and causes a negative nitrogen balance secondary to muscle atrophy. A decreased production of stress hormon...
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