Which strategy is appropriate when feeding the infant with congestive heart failure?

The nurse is teaching parents about administering digoxin. What instructions should the nurse tell the parents?

Which strategy is appropriate when feeding the infant with congestive heart failure?

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:

The nurse encourages the mother of a toddler with acute laryngotracheobronchitis (LTB) to stay at the bedside as much as possible. What is the nurse’s primary rationale for this action?

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?

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

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?

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 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 complications will the nurse anticipate when caring for this infant?

An 18-month-old is admitted to the emergency department in hypovolemic shock. What would be the correct order of nursing interventions (assuming MD orders are written)?