What nursing action is appropriate to take when an infant with a congenital heart defect has increased respiratory rate, is sweating, and is not feeding well?

A 3-year-old child with a complex cardiac defect is admitted with infective endocarditis. Management (in what order) would..

Which should the nurse consider when preparing a school-age child and the family for heart surgery?

Which intervention should be included in the plan of care for an infant with the nursing diagnosis Fluid Volume Excess related to congestive heart failure?

Which type of respiratory condition is always considered an emergency?

Phase 2:

A 10-week-old is brought to the emergency department with three days of rhinorrhea, congestion, and cough. He is presenting with mild intercostal retractions, congested cough, HR: 178, RR: 65 breaths/min, his capillary refill is >4 seconds, O2 Sat: 92% on RA, T- 99.2 F, wheezing is heard bilaterally, & mother feels the infant needs help breathing. Unable to stay latched to breast. Restless and has head bobbing. Mother at bedside.

Which nursing actions (interventions) are indicated for infant’s care at this time? (select all that apply)

The nurse if giving instructions to parents of a 4-month-old infant with tetralogy of fallot. An important teaching point should include:

The diabetes educator has completed his teaching with a family and 13 year old child with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes. The nurse knows the teaching has been effective when the child states:

Phase 1

A 10-week-old is brought to the emergency department with three days of rhinorrhea, congestion, and cough. He is presenting with mild intercostal retractions, congested cough, HR: 178, RR: 65 breaths/min, his capillary refill is >4 seconds, O2 Sat: 92% on RA, T- 99.2 F, wheezing is heard bilaterally, & mother feels the infant needs help breathing. Unable to stay latched to breast. Restless and has head bobbing. Mother at bedside.

Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statements below by choosing from the corresponding list. 

Based on the infant’s assessment data, the nurse determines that the infant’s abnormal vital sign findings are most likely due to

Phase 1

A 5 year old is brought to her pediatrician for an annual routine checkup. Her grandparents, who are also the legal guardians, are with her. The child has not seen her pediatrician in a year. The child recently had a visit to the urgent care center and was treated for strep throat. The grandparents are concerned about the child’s weight gain. They state no matter how much she eats she cannot gain weight and is hungry all of the time. 

Phase 2

The primary care office does not have a glucometer available, so the provider orders a urinalysis dip stick test. The urinalysis shows a glucose of over 500mg/dl with blood, leukocytes, and ketones.  The results are shared with the grandparents along with the potential diagnosis and complications. The child’s grandparents are visibly upset and start asking the nurse questions about their grandchild.

Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statements below by selecting from the lists of options provided.

Bases on the available test results the nurse suspects the child may be experiencing

Phase 1

A 5 year old is brought to her pediatrician for an annual routine checkup. Her grandparents, who are also the legal guardians, are with her. The child has not seen her pediatrician in a year. The child recently had a visit to the urgent care center and was treated for strep throat. The grandparents are concerned about the child’s weight gain. They state no matter how much she eats she cannot gain weight and is hungry all of the time. 

Phase 2

The primary care office does not have a glucometer available, so the provider orders a urinalysis dip stick test. The urinalysis shows a glucose of over 500mg/dl with blood, leukocytes, and ketones.  The results are shared with the grandparents along with the potential diagnosis and complications. The child’s grandparents are visibly upset and start asking the nurse questions about their grandchild.

Below are several responses the nurse can make to the child’s grandparents. Drag and drop the nurse’s responses to the child’s grandparents to either ‘therapeutic” or “nontherapeutic” based on how you would best categorize the responses.