What two major practices in pediatric health care greatly ...

[yoroshambo]

What two major practices in pediatric health care greatly decreased the death rate in children in the 1900s in the United States?
 
  A) Technologic advances and society's view of children and their needs
  B) Development of anesthesia and the need for health teaching
  C) Boiling milk and isolating children with septic conditions
  D) Development of pediatrics as a specialty and preventing illness

Question 2

The nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit is caring for an infant with myelomeningocele scheduled for surgical repair in the morning. Which early signs of infection should the nurse monitor on this infant (Select all that apply)?
 
  a. Temperature instability d. Bradycardia
  b. Irritability e. Hypertension
  c. Lethargy

[akpaschal]

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B, C
The nurse should observe an infant with unrepaired myelomeningocele for early signs of infection, such as temperature instability (axillary), irritability, and lethargy. Bradycardia and hypertension are not early signs of infection in infants.