Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
7 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
A preschool child is admitted to the ped. unit with acute nephritis. Which electrolyte replacement agent is used as an adjunct to trmt for this condition?
|
Magnesium sulfate
|
|
A 4 yr old is ordered to receive 25 ml/hr of IV solution. The nurse is using a ped.microdrip chamber to admin. the med. For how many drips per min. should the microdrip chamber be set?
|
25 drips/hr - in a microdrip chamber the number of drips equals the cc's
|
|
Which statement by the mother of a child with nephrotic syndrome indicates that the nurse's discharge teaching was effective?
|
I've been checking the urine for protein so I'll be able to do it at home
|
|
A 3 yr old child is to receive 500 ml of dextrose solution over 8 hrs. At what rate should the nurse set the infusion pump?
|
62.5 500 divided by 8 = 62.5 ml/hr
|
|
The nurse is about to give an IM injection to a 2 yr old child. Which site should be avoided?
|
dorsogluteal
|
|
A mother brings her child, age 3, to the clinic for a checkup. after plotting the child's hgt and wgt on a ped growth chart, the nurse identifys which percentile range as normal?
|
5th to 95th percentile
|
|
The nurse is evaluating a child with acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis for signs of improvment. Which findings tyically is the earliest sign of improvement?
|
increased urine output
|