The pediatric nurse working in a community clinic assesses a 2-year-old patient who is short in stature (below the third percentile).
The nurse suspects growth-hormone deficiency and begins a nursing assessment based on a diagnostic work-up to help confirm the diagnosis. The nurse's initial action is to:
A) determine bone age by taking the child for an x-ray of the ankle.
B) determine rate of growth by reviewing the child's growth charts.
C) determine brain function by taking the child for a magnetic resonance imaging.
D) determine growth-hormone release by reviewing the child's pituitary function tests.
Question 2
The perinatal nurse explains to the student nurse that the effects of the H1 receptor antagonists include:
Select all answers that apply:
A) Blocking histamine action at the receptor sites
B) Decreasing anxiety
C) Decreasing fetal heart rate variability
D) Causing variable decelerations in the fetal heart rate
Teaching patient discharge instructions
Patient education
Patient Teaching Methods
Deliver abdominal thrusts to the supine unconscious patient.
Apply direct pressure to the patient’s wound.
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.