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2125004343 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The nurse is taking vital signs on adolescents and keeps in mind which of the following facts about baseline vital signs?

a. Adolescent females have a slightly lower systolic blood pressure and a slightly higher pulse and body temperature than males.
b. The pulse of the adolescent female is often slightly irregular compared to the regular pulse of the male.
c. It is not unusual to find a pathological murmur in the male and a physiological murmur in the female.
d. The male body temperature, pulse, and blood pressure are usually higher than the female's.

Question 2

The National Pediculosis Association (2004) recommends that the nurse examining children's hair for lice and nits should:

a. Wear gloves at all times, and change the gloves for each new examination.
b. Use wooden tongue depressors, discarded after each examination, to examine the child's hair.
c. Use ungloved hands, and wash the hands carefully with soap after the examination.
d. Use a comb to part the hair, and do not touch the hair itself with anything other than the comb.

Juro · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A

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A Correct. When taking vital signs on adolescents, the nurse keeps in mind the fact that adolescent females have a slightly lower systolic blood pressure and a slightly higher pulse and body temperature than males.
B Incorrect. When taking vital signs on adolescents, the nurse would not keep in mind that the pulse of the adolescent female is often slightly irregular compared to the regular pulse of the male.
C Incorrect. When taking vital signs on adolescents, the nurse would not keep in mind that it is not unusual to find a pathological murmur in the male and a physiological murmur in the female.
D Incorrect. When taking vital signs on adolescents, the nurse would not keep in mind that the male body temperature, pulse, and blood pressure are usually higher than the female's.

Answer to Question 2

B

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A Incorrect. The National Pediculosis Association (2004) does not recommend that the nurse examining children's hair for lice and nits should wear gloves.
B Correct. The National Pediculosis Association (2004) does not recommend that the nurse examining children's hair for lice and nits should wear gloves, instead wooden tongue depressors may be used to examine the child's hair. After the exam, the tongue depressors are to be discarded.
C Incorrect. The National Pediculosis Association (2004) does not recommend that the nurse examining children's hair for lice and nits should use ungloved hands, and wash the hands carefully with soap after the examination.
D Incorrect. The National Pediculosis Association (2004) does not recommend that the nurse examining children's hair for lice and nits should use a comb to part the hair, and do not touch the hair itself with anything other than the comb.