Author Question: The nurse needs to administer a medication in tablet form to a 4-year-old. Which action is ... (Read 78 times)

s.tung · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

The nurse needs to administer a medication in tablet form to a 4-year-old. Which action is appropriate?

1. Place the tablet on the child's tongue and give the child a drink of water.
2. Break the tablet in small pieces and ask the child to swallow the pieces one by one.
3. Crush the tablet and mix it in a teaspoon of applesauce.
4. Crush the tablet and mix it in a cup of juice.

Question 2

Sometime during an infant's hospital stay, a nurse observes a yellowish color developing in the baby's skin. The next nursing action should be to

a. check the medical record to verify the age of the infant
b. cover the baby's eyes with a blindfold and put the baby under the ultraviolet light
c. notify the physician of the development immediately
d. take a heel blood sample and send it to the lab

vickybb89 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

3
Rationale:
1. A 4-year-old is not mature enough to swallow a pill or pieces of a pill.
2. A 4-year-old is not mature enough to swallow a pill or pieces of a pill.
3. The medication should be crushed and mixed with a very small amount of food, not juice.
4. The medication should be crushed and mixed with a very small amount of food, not juice.

Answer to Question 2

A
Checking the neonate's age would provide information as to whether the jaundice is physiological or pathological. Covering the baby's eyes with a blindfold and putting the baby under the ultraviolet light is the treatment for pathological jaundice, but the nurse would have to know the neonate's age and bilirubin level before this intervention. The nurse should not notify the health care provider until after the neonate's age has been verified. The nurse may need to take a heel blood sample and send it to the lab, but not until after the neonate's age has been verified.