A traumatic loss is a very different experience from the loss of a child who has been battling a chronic or life-threatening condition for a period of time. Both experiences produce great emotional responses, but a traumatic loss can also produce a tremendous feeling of what emotion?

An 8-month-old infant is receiving Digoxin. The nurse should notify the practitioner and withhold the medication if the apical pulse is less than which of the following?

A nurse is planning care for a child who has suspected epiglottitis. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is providing education to a school-age child who has a new diagnosis of asthma. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse reports an incident of suspected child abuse. One of the child's parents becomes upset and demands to know the reason for the nurse's action. Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?

The nurse is educating the parents of a recently diagnosed child with asthma. When reviewing the medications, the nurse explains the differences between rescue and controller medications. The nurse focuses on teaching the family which anti-inflammatory corticosteroid is used to prevent an asthma attack.

Cierra, a 10-year-old female weighing 36kg, is now NPO for surgery in the morning and needs _____ of maintenance fluids.

Which of the following would surgical closure of the patent ductus arteriosus do?

While teaching anticipatory guidance to a young couple with a child with Down syndrome, the nurse explains that one major physical characteristic of the child with Down syndrome is:

Symptom management for children who are dying is a challenging and often the responsibility of the pediatric nurse. Research has shown that only 27% of dying children experience relief from which common symptom is experienced during the child's last weeks of life?

Which of the following drugs is a non-potassium-sparing diuretic for a child with a cardiac condition?