Author Question: Parents of a toddler with hypopituitarism ask the nurse, What can we expect with this condition? The ... (Read 64 times)

JMatthes · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

Parents of a toddler with hypopituitarism ask the nurse, What can we expect with this condition? The nurse should respond with which statement?

a. Growth is normal during the first 3 years of life.
b. Weight is usually more retarded than height.
c. Skeletal proportions are normal for age.
d. Most of these children have subnormal intelligence.

Question 2

A 6-year-old child is having a generalized seizure in the classroom at school. Place in order the interventions the school nurse should implement starting with the highest-priority intervention sequencing to the lowest-priority intervention.

Provide answer using lowercase letters separated by commas (e.g., a, b, c, d, e).
a. Take vital signs.
b. Ease child to the floor.
c. Allow child to rest.
d. Turn child to the side.
e. Integrate child back into the school environment.

jesse.fleming · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Right on time. Thanks a bunch.

Answer to Question 2

ANS:
b, d, a, c, e
The nurse should ease the child to the floor immediately during a generalized seizure. During (and sometimes after) the generalized seizure, the swallowing reflex is lost, salivation increases, and the tongue is hypotonic. Therefore, the child is at risk for aspiration and airway occlusion. Placing the child on the side facilitates drainage and helps maintain a patent airway. Vital signs should be taken next and the child should be allowed to rest. When feasible, the child is integrated into the environment as soon as possible.