All of the following children are inpatients on the pediatric ...

[asan beg]

All of the following children are inpatients on the pediatric unit. Which child is likely to be left with a developmental disability?
 
  1. An 18-month-old admitted with a diagnosis of near drowning
  2. A school-age child newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus
  3. A toddler with sepsis
  4. A two-year-old child with a fractured femur

Question 2

A four-year-old child is being emotionally prepared for open heart surgery. The nurse will want to provide the child with which information?
 
  1. Who will be performing the surgery
  2. What the surgical procedure will entail
  3. The purpose of the heart-lung machine
  4. What the ICU will look and sound like when the child wakes up

[lorealeza77]

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: Near drowning indicates a period of time when the child was underwater and not breathing; near drowning can leave a child with a permanent chronic condition.
Rationale 2: Diabetes is a chronic disease but does not lead to developmental disabilities.
Rationale 3: Sepsis is treatable and will not result in a developmental disability.
Rationale 4: A fractured femur is limiting to a child but will not leave the child with a chronic, limiting condition.
Global Rationale:

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: The parents know the name of the surgeon. It will mean nothing to a four-year-old child.
Rationale 2: The child will be asleep during surgery and therefore does not need to know about the procedure.
Rationale 3: This is beyond the understanding of a four-year-old.
Rationale 4: The child should be prepared in terms of what she will see, hear, smell, or feel.
Global

[asan beg]

Correct answers!

[lorealeza77]

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