The nurse has admitted a child with a diagnosis of severe gastroenteritis. To help prevent the risk of transmitting infection to other patients, the nurse should:
A) wear a mask when handling articles contaminated with feces.
B) follow Standard Precautions.
C) discourage anyone from visiting.
D) sterilize thermometers between patients.
Question 2
A 12-year-old girl who has not yet reached menarche comes to the pediatrician's office for her annual well-child check. As the nurse is weighing and measuring her, the child says emphatically that she does not want to get her period.
Which of the following responses would be most appropriate for the nurse to make to this child?
A) Really? What have you heard about it that makes you worried?
B) But it's a good thing. Having a period is a part of growing up.
C) Are you afraid of getting pregnant?
D) Do you think it will hurt?
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
Pap smear. Cells of the cervix (shown in the center) change in appearance as they progress through
A child suffering from malaria, one of the most common and deadly infectious diseases.
Chess and risk
Selected Corticosteroids for Severe Inflammation
A child with a Cochlear implant