The nurse is caring for a 6-month-old child who has elbow restraints ordered. The nurse should:
a. Remove both restraints with supervision
b. Examine both limbs one at a time with the restraints off
c. Keep the restraints on until the physician orders them to be removed
d. Generously pad the restraints, but not remove them
Question 2
The nurse monitoring the TPN infusion for a small child assesses that the infusion is behind. The nurse should:
a. Speed up the infusion to catch up
b. Notify the charge nurse
c. Stop the infusion, and notify the charge physician
d. Give the child extra fluids to make up for the deficit
NUrse
Does this child have legs of different lengths or scoliosis? Look at the level of the iliac crests a
Responsibilities of the nurse manager
A child with rickets
Supination and pronation of the elbow
A karyotype shows this child has three copies of chromosome 21.