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acc299

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A toddler has been diagnosed with short bowel syndrome because of a past history of necrotizing enterocolitis. The nurse should encourage the parents to do all of the following except:
 
  1. Give the child juice at least once a day to help with Vitamin C consumption.
   2. Give enteral feedings.
   3. Introduce solid food.
   4. Keep follow-up appointments.

Question 2

The mother of a critically ill baby just found out that her child is likely to die. She asks you to quickly contact a priest. The mom would like a prayer and baptism performed because the baby has yet to be baptized. Your best response would be:
 
  1. Our chaplain usually comes in during the afternoon..
   2. I will have the secretary call for a priest..
   3. I will call for one as soon as I catch up with your child's charting..
   4. Feel free to call your spiritual leader..



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1. Juice may cause more diarrhea and should be avoided.
2. The child may need to have enteral feedings to increase the calorie content for growth because of the lack of absorption in the GI tract.
3. Solid food should be started slowly and be in higher calorie content because of the lack of absorption for the GI tract.
4. Appointments are needed to make sure the child is growing and receiving the proper nutritional content.

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1. Notifying the chaplain right away will help ease the mother.
2. For some Christians, prayer and baptism for an infant can impact whether or not the baby goes to heaven.
3. Delegation for notifying the chaplain should occur.
4. The nursing staff should attempt to contact the priest to ease the situation for the mother.




acc299

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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