Nursing care of a child diagnosed with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) should include which of the following?

What is the best response by the nurse when the parents ask about the paralysis associated with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which has affected the respiratory muscles and requires mechanical ventilation for their child?

A patient with liver disease and esophageal varices is admitted for an episode of hematemesis. Which patient teaching should the nurse provide prior to discharge?

When assessing a newborn with suspected developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), which of the following would you expect to find?

A 4-month-old is brought to the emergency department with severe dehydration. The heart rate is 198, and the blood pressure is 68/38. The infant's anterior fontanel is sunken. The nurse notes that the infant does not cry when the intravenous line is inserted. The child's parents state that she has not "held anything down" in 18 hours. The nurse obtains a finger-stick blood sugar of 94. Which action would the nurse expect to do immediately?

A school-age client diagnosed with diabetes insipidus (DI) is admitted to the pediatric unit. Which laboratory value does the nurse anticipate for this client based on the diagnosis?

At which stage of development are children able to understand the permanence of death?

When obtaining a history from the father of a 9-year-old boy with rheumatic fever, the nurse recognizes that the most significant information related to the diagnosis is:

A nurse is planning care for a child with hyponatremia. The nurse, delegating care of this child to a new RN on the pediatric unit, cautions the new nurse to be especially alert for which condition in the child?

Which condition should the nurse suspect in a 6-year-old patient in external traction for a femur fracture who has pain and edema of the thigh and is febrile?

Which of the following best describes hypopituitarism?