The nurse understands that the type of precautions needed for children receiving chemotherapy is based on which side effect of chemotherapeutic medications?

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?

A client presents with the onset of a severe headache, fever, nuchal rigidity, and a petechial rash on arms and legs. The nurse recognizes the client is exhibiting symptoms of which condition?

When planning care for a client newly diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma, the nurse identifies a priority nursing problem of visual sensory-perceptual alterations. This problem is based on which etiology?

For an adolescent client diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, which non-pharmacological measure is most appropriate to reduce joint pain?

According to developmental theories, which important event is essential in the development of the toddler?

When developing a plan of care for a hospitalized child, the nurse knows that children in which age group are most likely to view illness as a punishment for misdeeds?

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 foods would the nurse recommend to the mother of a 2-year-old with anemia?

Which statement by the nurse would best help alleviate parental guilt about their child, George, who has been recently diagnosed with autism?

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