The nurse is introducing the concept of a written asthma action plan to the parent of a school-aged child. The nurse knows the teaching was ineffective when the parent states that which person requires a copy of the written asthma action plan? 

The nurse is teaching a patient about their new diagnosis of scoliosis with a Cobb angle of 30 degrees. Which of the following statements best indicates teaching has been effective? 

The emergency department nurse is working with the family of a newborn who died of sudden infant syndrome (SIDS). Which intervention will the nurse initiate for the family? 

A 2 year-old is scheduled to have a medical procedure. How would you best educated the patient? 

You have a 14 year-old girl who is brought to the clinic by her mom. She has a severe cough that has lasted greater than 2 weeks and has a “whooping” sound. You know this could be the possible communicable disease: 

The Ages and Stages questionnaires gives a snapshot of a child’s:

The nurse is visiting with the mother of a 10 month-old infant with cystic fibrosis. The mother is having a hard time understanding why her infant cannot have medicine that will help suppress the infant’s”terrible” cough. What is the nurse’s best response? 

The following communicable disease is spread through saliva:

Oxidation means that an element loses electrons within the reaction. 

Pyridium and Urogesic which works in the bladder to relieve _______