The nurse places a unique cartoon character on the outside and inside of a child's door. The hospital has a picture of a different animal for each floor of the hospital, and these pictures are posted in the elevators.
Each section of the pediatric unit has a different theme and walls of a different color. These actions on the part of the nurse and the hospital are designed to: a. reduce anxiety and help children and others feel secure that they will not get lost and that they have a place of their own
b. remind everyone that this is a pediatric unit for children who have special needs and is not a unit for adults
c. cheer the children up and help them laugh to reduce tension in their lives
d. help establish a personality for the hospital, the floors, the unit, and the room of the child who is hospitalized
Question 2
The nurse caring for a child with suspected meningitis assesses a cardinal indicator of meningococcal infection, which is:
a. A high-pitched cry
b. Petechiae over the trunk
c. Nuchal rigidity
d. Barking cough
Nurse bees tending to brood in cells both open and capped with beeswax.
The couple discusses grief over the loss of a child.
A, A nurse is adding a medication to an IV line as a piggyback
The surgical nurse assists the client into the correct position
Nurse's hand over patients abdomen
Measuring the Chest Circumference of a Child