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jace

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What action is contraindicated when a child with Down syndrome is hospitalized?
 
  a. Determine the child's vocabulary for specific body functions.
  b. Assess the child's hearing and visual capabilities.
  c. Encourage parents to leave the child alone for extended periods of time.
  d. Have meals served at the child's usual meal times.

Question 2

The nurse is evaluating the fetal heart rate rhythm strip and determines that the amplitude varies with a rate 15 to 20 beats/min. What does this assessment finding indicate to the nurse about variability?
 
  A) Variability is absent.
  B) Variability is minimal.
  C) Variability is normal.
  D) Variability is marked.


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Kjones0604

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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A To communicate effectively with the child, it is important to know the child's
particular vocabulary for specific body functions.
B Children with Down syndrome have a high incidence of hearing loss and vision
problems and should have hearing and vision assessed whenever they are in a
health care facility.
C The child with Down syndrome needs routine schedules and consistency. Having
familiar people present, especially parents, helps to decrease the child's anxiety.
D Routine schedules and consistency are important to children.

Answer to Question 2

C
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Variability is absent when there is no peak-to-trough range detected. Variability is minimal when an amplitude range is detected but the rate is 5 beat/min or fewer. Variability is moderate or normal when an amplitude range is detected and the rate is 6 to 25 beat/min. Variability is marked when an amplitude range is detected and the rate is greater than 25 beat/min.


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Reply #2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Correct answers!


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Reply #3 on: Jun 27, 2018
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