You assist with the application of a full-body plaster cast to a child. The child immediately becomes diaphoretic and complains of being hot. Which nursing intervention would be indicated?
A) Observe the child for infection.
B) Suggest removal of the cast to the orthopedist.
C) Moisten the cast with cool water.
D) Advise the child that this is to be expected.
Question 2
A preschooler's mother is pregnant. She wants to start her preschooler in a child-care program and asks you when would be a good time to do so. You would suggest
A) immediately after the baby is born so that he will feel less jealous and more secure.
B) now, after explaining to him that his new sibling will make it harder for his mother to do things for him.
C) three months before the baby is born, after the mother stresses that he is growing up.
D) that he begin preschool by 4 years of age; the time is unrelated to the pregnancy.
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