A preschool age child is being admitted for some diagnostic tests ...

[Bob-Dole]

A preschool age child is being admitted for some diagnostic tests and possible surgery. The nurse planning care should use which statements when explaining procedures to the child? Select all that apply.
 
  a. Fluids will be given through tubing con-nected to a small tiny tube inserted into your arm..
  b. After surgery, we will be doing dressing changes..
  c. You will get a shot before surgery..
  d. The doctor will give you medicine that will help you go into a deep sleep..
  e. We will take you to surgery on a bed on wheels..

Question 2

A nurse is teaching parents the difference between pediatric fractures and adult fractures. Which observation is true about pediatric fractures?
 
  a. They seldom are complete breaks.
  b. They are often compound fractures.
  c. They are often at the epiphyseal plate.
  d. They are often the result of decreased mobility of the bones.

[irishcancer18]

Answer to Question 1

A, D, E
A preschool child needs simple concrete explanations that cannot be misinterpreted. An IV should be explained as fluids going into a tube connected to a small tube in your hand, anesthesia can be explained as a medicine that will help you go into a deep sleep (put to sleep should be avoided), and a stretcher can be described as riding on a bed with wheels. Dressing changes are ambiguous and getting a shot can be misinterpreted by a preschool child.

Answer to Question 2

A
Pediatric fractures seldom are complete breaks. Rather, children's bones tend to bend or buckle. Compound fractures are no more common than simple fractures in children. Epiphyseal plate fractures are no more common than any other type of fracture. Increased mobility of the bones prevents children from having complete fractures.

[Bob-Dole]

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