Joy is a student nurse who has been assigned to the pediatric ...

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Joy is a student nurse who has been assigned to the pediatric unit for her clinical training this semester. She is assisting with the admission of a 5-month-old infant. The child is being admitted with pneumonia.
 
  As part of the admission process, Joy is responsible for taking the child's vital signs and weighing and measuring the child. The infant's mother is very concerned when Joy tells her that the baby weighs 14 pounds. The mother states that the baby has lost a significant amount of weight because the previous week she weighed 16 pounds at home. What is Joy's best response to the mother's concern? A. When babies are sick they can lose weight.
  B. I wish I could lose two pounds in one week.
  C. What was her birth weight?
  D. Weight measurements can vary with different scales.

Question 2

A nurse is educating a patient who needs stability about how to use the crutches that have been ordered. The use of the technique the nurse is teaching requires weight bearing on both legs.
 
  Each leg is moved alternately with each opposing crutch so that three points of support are on the floor at all times. The term for this gait is the __________ gait. A. four-point
  B. three-point
  C. two-point
  D. two-point alternating

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Answer to Question 1

D
Weigh patients at the same time of day, on the same scale, and in the same clothes to allow for an objective comparison of subsequent weights.

Answer to Question 2

A
Four-point alternating or four-point gait gives stability to the patient but requires weight bearing on both legs. Each leg is moved alternately with each opposing crutch so that three points of support are on the floor at all times.