The nurse is caring for a 14-year-old child who is in a sickle cell crisis and has severe pain. Which nursing intervention is the most appropriate for this child?

What is the highest priority nursing diagnosis for a pediatric client with a third-degree circumferential burn of the right arm?

What is the primary nursing concern for an 8-year-old child with Type 1 diabetes who asks his mother not to tell anyone at school that he has diabetes?

The nurse obtains a fingerstick blood glucose level using bedside lancet/glucose meter equipment from a client with a prescribed sliding scale insulin protocol. The meter indicates 56 mg/dL (3.12 mmol/L). At this time, which intervention should the nurse implement first?

A child is diagnosed with sickle cell disease. The parents are unsure how their child contracted the disease. Which explanation by the nurse is the most appropriate?

Which is an expected physical assessment finding for an adolescent with a diagnosis of Hodgkin’s disease?

Which nursing intervention is most developmentally appropriate for a toddler with a birth injury of a torn brachial plexus that resulted in muscle atrophy and weakness of the right arm?

The nurse is performing the initial assessment of a child newly diagnosed with Kawasaki disease. Which symptoms would the nurse expect to assess with this child?

A client with an arterial ischemic leg ulcer is being discharged from the hospital. Which instruction is most important for the nurse to include in this client's discharge teaching plan?

Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate when parents of a client recently diagnosed with Down syndrome express guilt about causing the condition?

Which of the following is a major complication in a child with chronic renal failure?