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misspop

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Nurses today would use which of the following methods to calculate a medication dosage for a child?
 
  a. Clark's rule, using the child's weight in the calculation
  b. Young's rule
  c. Fried's rule
  d. unit of drug per kilogram of body weight or body surface area

Question 2

Which of the following best describes differentiated practice?
 
  a. having a practice that is different from the usual practices of nurses
  b. an area of nursing that is highly specialized
  c. delineating a nurse's role and functions according to experience, competence, and education
  d. separating different nursing roles in a hospital and using competency testing to determine who can fill these roles



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Answer to Question 1

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A Incorrect. Nurses today would not use Clark's rule, using the child's weight in the calculation.
B Incorrect. Nurses today would not use Young's rule.
C Incorrect. Nurses today would not use Fried's rule.
D Correct. Appropriate drug dosages in children are most commonly calculated on the basis of unit of drug per kilogram of body weight or unit of drug per Body Surface Area (BSA).

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A Incorrect. Although the word different distinguishes between a practice and usual practices of nurses, the primary roles and even the secondary roles of a nurse are universal and the same.
B Incorrect. Specialization is described by expanded roles, such as pediatric nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and case managers.
C Correct. Other roles seen in the acute care setting involve differentiated practice (a philosophy that delineates a nurse's role and functions according to experience, competence, and education) and include the clinical care coordinator, care manager, and clinical nurse.
D Incorrect. Differentiated practice involves experience and education in addition to competencies.




misspop

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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
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