When completing your initial evaluation of Russ, you complete ROM and MMT, a verbal pain rating scale, as well as sensation and perception tests. This portion of the evaluation is consistent with a:

The Braden QD is a skin assessment tool used by Wound RNs to determine the patient’s risk for developing a pressure injury. Please select the categories below this tool scores. Select all that apply  

The nurse is teaching the family about caring for their son, who has been newly diagnosed with Type I diabetes mellitus. What information below should the nurse provide this family about this condition?

What are the 5 P’s in a Neurovascular Assessment.  List all 5 separated by commas. Please use this example format below:  pineapple, pork, poprocks, party, pooper  

Patient MAR reads: Winter, Sommer Female, Age: 9 years Weight: 60 pounds Allergies: Peanuts, Penicillin (PCN) and Bee stings Diagnosis: Pneumonia – LLL and RLL MD order Amoxicillin: 450mg PO BID for 10 days, first dose due now at 0900 Dose on hand in the pyxis: 500mg/15mLs Safe dose range for this medication is 50mg/kg/day. Please answer: How many mLs are you going to administer per dose (just enter the number)? [mLs1] Please provide: rationale for administering this medication. [rationale2]

The nurse is called by a mother about her son who twisted his ankle during a football game. The child has already been to the ED and there is no fracture but he’s complaining of localized pain and swelling of his ankle. What recommendations should the nurse make? (Select All that Apply)  

When assessing a preschooler who has sustained a head trauma, the nurse note that the child appears to be obtunded. Which finding supports this level of consciousness (LOC)?

When putting an infant, less than 1 year of age in a crib, how should you place the infant? [position1] Provide the rationale for positioning a an infant in this position? (HINT: what will this prevent? [syndrome2]   *Always remember to put siderails and cribrail up when leaving the bedside and be sure to educate the family or adults present in the room of this and then document that this education was given. *Also remember that nothing you go into the crib with an infant for risk of suffocation (ex: no stuffed animals, no crib bumpers or loose blankets.

Parents of an 9-year old bring their child to the pediatrician with concerns of extreme thirst, fatigue, less active than usual, and losing weight. As the nurse taking the history and assessing the child, you suspect that she is showing signs and symptoms of what condition?

What disease of the exocrine glands affects multiple body systems, including the lungs, pancreas, and GI systems. Parents of children with this disease report salty kisses!