The nurse is doing a prehospitalization orientation for Kayla, age 7, who is scheduled for cardiac surgery.
As part of the preparation, the nurse explains that Kayla will not be able to talk because of an endotracheal tube but that she will be able to talk when it is removed. This explanation is:
a. Unnecessary.
b. The surgeon's responsibility.
c. Too stressful for a young child.
d. An appropriate part of the child's preparation.
Question 2
Emma, age 3 years, is being admitted for about 1 week of hospitalization. Her parents tell the nurse that they are going to buy her a lot of new toys because she will be in the hospital. The nurse's reply should be based on an understanding that:
a. New toys make hospitalization easier.
b. New toys are usually better than older ones for children of this age.
c. At this age children often need the comfort and reassurance of familiar toys from home.
d. Buying new toys for a hospitalized child is a maladaptive way to cope with parental guilt.
Nurse bees tending to brood in cells both open and capped with beeswax.
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
Cardiac Muscle
Nurse Sandy
Newborns have a preferred head and arm orientation.
The nurse begins the general survey