Author Question: A school-aged child needs 5 units of regular insulin administered. She is in the playroom when you ... (Read 241 times)

maychende · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A school-aged child needs 5 units of regular insulin administered. She is in the playroom when you are ready to give the injection. Your best action would be to

A) inject it in the playroom; insulin injections do not hurt.
B) tell her to come outside the playroom for the injection.
C) ask the other children if they would mind if you gave the injection in the playroom.
D) ask the girl if she would mind if you gave the injection in the playroom.

Question 2

Concerning the functioning of the renal system in newborns, nurses should be aware that:

1. the physician should be notified if the newborn has not voided in 24 hours.
2. breastfed infants will likely void more often during the first days after birth.
3. brick dust or blood on a diaper is always cause to notify the physician.
4. weight loss from fluid loss and other normal factors should be made up in 4 to 7 days.

laurnthompson · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

1
1. Correct. A newborn who has not voided in 24 hours may have any of a number of prob-lems, some of which deserve the attention of the physician.
2. Incorrect. Formula-fed infants tend to void more frequently in the first 3 days because breast milk has not come in yet.
3. Incorrect. Brick dust may be uric acid crystals; blood spotting could be due to withdrawal of maternal hormones (pseudomenstruation) or a circumcision. The physician must be notified only if there is no apparent cause of bleeding.
4. Incorrect. Weight loss from fluid loss might take 14 days to regain.