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1. The nurse administered a prescribed analgesic to a preschool child. Which action should the nurse take to assess the effectiveness of this medication? Use the Wong-Baker pain scale 2. The nurse is caring for a child in middle school who is hospitalized. When developing a plan of care, the nurse should consider that children in this age group Are anxious about missing interactions with friends 3. The nurse is caring for a group of toddlers and is developing a plan for age-appropriate ...

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Anemia - Important to know what is causing the Anemia in order to treat it. It could be caused by etiology, morphology, RBC depletion, destruction of RBC’s. - Anemia causes increased cardiac workload! So make sure to cluster care and do small frequent feeds!! - It can cause a murmur and tachy!!! due to the increased viscosity of the blood. (it is thicker and causes a turbulence) - Transfusion reaction- Vitals, before, 15 mins in, after. Cannot leave room for 1st 15 minutes. Use blood wit...

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Gastrointestinal dysfunction Dehydration - Severity assessed on % of body weight lost. Mild 2-5 %. Mod 6-9% severe >10%. - S/S : dry skin/mucous membranes, lack of tears, sunken fontanels, irritability, LOC changes. Tachycardia, intense thirst, infants are greater risk. - TX: Depends on cause and how severe. Oral intake, IV fluids, MONITOR I&Os and DAILY WEIGHTS at the same time, same place, same scale and infants should be naked or have DRY diaper. Vomiting is not a contraindication f...

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