Answer to Question 1
A
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Because an infant cannot understand explanations of surgery or treatments, oral preparation is minimal. Remind parents to pack special items such as a favorite toy because this object provides a special kind of security for which there is no substitute. The infant is not old enough to appreciate a new pair of pajamas. Reading a story will have no meaning to the child. The child will not understand a suitcase being packed.
Answer to Question 2
D
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The nurse should explain the purpose and principles for a procedure. Explaining the need to place a pillow under the leg so that swelling will go down is how the nurse should incorporate teaching while providing patient care. The nurse should explain that a pulse of 88 is normal. The nurse should explain why a needle must be placed in the child's arm. The nurse should explain why the child needs to eat all of the dinner.
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
Responsibilities of the nurse manager
American Children with Working Parents
Measuring the Head Circumference of an Infant or Small Child
The nurse begins the general survey
The karyotype and phenotypic description of an infant with Patau syndrome