The nurse working in the ambulatory care center is providing medication instructions about methylphenidate (Ritalin) to the mother of a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The nurse recommends that the mother give the medication to the child: 1. At bedtime
2. With the evening meal
3. Just before the noontime meal
4. In the morning, 2 hours before breakfast
Question 2
A nursing student is assigned to care for a child with sickle cell disease (SCD). The nursing instructor asks the student to describe the causative factors related to this disease.
Which of the following statements, if made by the student, indicates a need for further research? 1. SCD is an autosomal recessive disease.
2. If each parent carries the trait, the children will inherit the trait.
3. Children with the HbS (sickle cell hemoglobin) trait are not symptomatic.
4. If one parent has the HbS trait and the other parent is normal, there is a 50 chance that each offspring will inherit the trait.