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lindiwe

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on: Jun 27, 2018
The nurse is providing instructions to parents of a 2-year-old child with a fever. The child weighs 33 pounds. Based on the recommended dose for ibuprofen, how much would the nurse instruct the parents to give as the lowest amount per dose?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A laboring woman who imagines her body opening to let the baby out is using a mental technique called:
 
  a. Dissociation.
  b. Effleurage.
  c. Imagery.
  d. Distraction.


mmj22343

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

75 mg

Answer to Question 2

C
Imagery is a technique of visualizing images that will assist the woman in coping with labor.
Dissociation helps the woman learn to relax all muscles except those that are working.
Effleurage is self-massage.
Distraction can be used in the early latent phase by having the woman involved in another activity.


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