Prior to providing a preschool-age child with a prescribed dose ...

[fagboi]

Prior to providing a preschool-age child with a prescribed dose of medication, the nurse is concerned that the child is underweight. Which should the nurse do at this time?
 
  A) Give the child the prescribed dose.
  B) Give the child one half the ordered dose.
  C) Call the child's physician and alert to the dosage error.
  D) Measure the child's height and weight and check whether the dose is correct.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a 5-year-old girl posttonsillectomy. The girl looks out the window and tells the nurse that it is raining and says, The sky is crying because it is sad that my throat hurts.
 
  The nurse understands that the girl is demonstrating which mental process?
  A) Magical thinking
  B) Centration
  C) Transduction
  D) Animism

[jasonq]

Answer to Question 1

D
Feedback:
Before administering any medication to a child, confirm that the dose prescribed is correct for the child's weight or body surface area. The nurse should not give the child the prescribed dose or one half the ordered dose. A dosage error has not occurred. The nurse is just calculating the dose according to the child's current correct weight.

Answer to Question 2

A
Feedback:
The nurse understands that the girl is demonstrating magical thinking. Magical thinking is a normal part of preschool development. The preschool-age child believes her thoughts to be all-powerful. Transduction is reasoning by viewing one situation as the basis for another situation whether or not they are truly causally linked. Animism is attributing life-like qualities to inanimate objects. Centration is focusing on one aspect of a situation while neglecting others.