A father brings his infant to the community clinic and tells the pediatric nurse that his son has been experiencing bouts of diarrhea for the past 2 days.
The nurse notes that the infant is diagnosed with malabsorption syndrome and suspects the infant has:
A) osmotic diarrhea.
B) secretory diarrhea.
C) motility disorder diarrhea.
D) inflammatory process diarrhea.
Question 2
The nurse volunteering time in a free community mental health clinic is concerned about mental health disparities in pediatric patients and implements strategies to reduce health care disparities.
These strategies include:
Select all answers that apply.
A) educating the community about poverty predisposing families to mental illness.
B) teaching families' ways to handle cognitive or psychosocial-related concerns.
C) taking an approach of listening and providing positive feedback to families.
D) acquiring empathy when working with families by using ethnic generalizations.
The patient and his family meet with the nurse to discuss progress on the patient care plan.
Treating the infant
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