The nurse is providing care to an infant experiencing pain. What interventions are
appropriate for the nurse to implement?
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Tightly wrapping in a blanket with extremities flexed and hands covered
Coating a pacifier with an oral sucrose solution for sucking
Using rhythmic, continuous horizontal motions while holding
The nurse is preparing to use bio-behavioral interventions to control a child's pain.
What statement by the nurse would be most appropriate?
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, "Does you child have a favorite movie? We can play it in the. room so he
can focus on something other than the pain."
When compared with adults, why are infants and children at an increased risk of head
trauma?
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The head of the infant and young child is larger in proportion to the body
and the neck muscles are not well developed
A 6-month-old infant is admitted to the hospital with suspected bacterial meningitis.
She is crying, irritable and lying in the opisthotonic position. The priority nursing
intervention would be:
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initiate appropriate isolation precautions and begin IV antibiotics
The nurse is discussing with a parent the difference between a breath-holding spell
and a seizure. What would then nurse include as a characteristic of a seizure?
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Convulsive activity occurs
Crying is not typically noted
appropriate for the nurse to implement?
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Tightly wrapping in a blanket with extremities flexed and hands covered
Coating a pacifier with an oral sucrose solution for sucking
Using rhythmic, continuous horizontal motions while holding
The nurse is preparing to use bio-behavioral interventions to control a child's pain.
What statement by the nurse would be most appropriate?
Give this one a try later!
, "Does you child have a favorite movie? We can play it in the. room so he
can focus on something other than the pain."
When compared with adults, why are infants and children at an increased risk of head
trauma?
Give this one a try later!
The head of the infant and young child is larger in proportion to the body
and the neck muscles are not well developed
A 6-month-old infant is admitted to the hospital with suspected bacterial meningitis.
She is crying, irritable and lying in the opisthotonic position. The priority nursing
intervention would be:
Give this one a try later!
initiate appropriate isolation precautions and begin IV antibiotics
The nurse is discussing with a parent the difference between a breath-holding spell
and a seizure. What would then nurse include as a characteristic of a seizure?
Give this one a try later!
Convulsive activity occurs
Crying is not typically noted
