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A nurse is completing a Pediatric Fall Risk Assessment on a child.
 
  The child has had no falls in the last 3 months, had surgery to repair a femur fracture on admission, is learning to use crutches, has a saline lock, is oriented to own ability, and is on narcotics. This child's fall risk score is ___________________ _.

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A nurse is caring for a patient with juvenile arthritis during an exacerbation. The child weighs 95 lb (43 kg). The physician orders sulfasalazine (Azulfidine) to be given in two divided doses per day.
 
  The safe dose range for a single dose of this drug for this child is ___________________ _ mg per dose.



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Answer to Question 1

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12
The child gets 3 points each for surgery, crutches, saline lock, and narcotics.

Answer to Question 2

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645-1,075
The safe dose range for this drug is 30-50 mg/kg/day in two divided doses. If this drug is just being initiated, the dose begins at to the expected maintenance dose.




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Reply 2 on: Jun 28, 2018
Gracias!


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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