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leo leo · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

The majority of the student population at an inner city school is African American. The nurse should be alert to the number of students:

1. With sickle cell disease.
2. With asthma.
3. Who are overweight.
4. Who come from single parent homes.

Question 2

The local school board has allowed students with certain chronic conditions to have their medications with them at all times. Which situation should the nurse be particularly alert to?

1. The child with ADHD should take the appropriate medication at the appropriate time.
2. The child with diabetes has a tube of glucagon in his or her backpack.
3. The child with asthma knows how to correctly use the inhaler.
4. The child with a neurogenic bladder is able to self-catheterize.

Leostella20 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: 1
Explanation: 1. Sickle cell disease primarily affects African Americans. The nurse should be attentive to members of the student population who may be affected by this, because this can affect school attendance if students experience pain crises. While asthma is rising in the United States, the nurse should not assume that the student population has a disproportionate number of asthma cases. Being overweight is not solely a concern related to racial background. Many children in society today live in single parent homes. There is no indication that this is particularly true of this school population.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. The child with asthma needs to have access to an inhaler when an attack occurs. Mitigating the effects of an asthma attack includes correct usage of the inhaler, so the nurse would need to assess the child's ability to correctly use the inhaler. ADHD medications are Schedule II medications and, as such, are not allowed to be carried by the child during school hours. A child with diabetes may not be able to use the glucagon in time should he or she become hypoglycemic, so the teacher should be able to know how to apply it. A child with a neurogenic bladder does not need medication to self-catheterize.