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CQXA

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The child's appendix ruptures before surgery. The physician elects to leave the incision opened and pack with Betadine gauze. Which intervention would the nurse expect to carry out?
 
  a. Wet to dry dressings
  b. Monitor and empty drainage from Penrose drain
  c. Irrigate the NG tube
  d. All of the above.

Question 2

The nurse is selecting an injection site for a child. The nurse knows that muscle sites in children are determined primarily by muscle development and which of the following other criteria?
 
  a. vascularity of area c. amount of fluid to be given
  b. size of the syringe d. amount of adipose tissue the child has



spencer.martell

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Answer to Question 1

D
The nurse would expect to carry out all of the interventions listed to care for this patient.

Answer to Question 2

C

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A Incorrect. Injection sites are determined primarily on muscle development and the amount of fluid to be injected, not the vascularity of area.
B Incorrect. Injection sites are determined primarily on muscle development and the amount of fluid to be injected, not the size of the syringe.
C Correct. Injection sites are determined primarily on muscle development and the amount of fluid to be injected.
D Incorrect. Injection sites are determined primarily on muscle development and the amount of fluid to be injected, not the amount of adipose tissue the child has.



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