The parents report that their child has excessive urination, thirst, hunger, irritability, fatigue, flushed skin, headache, blurred vision, and dry skin.  The child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus.  Based on this diagnosis, which would the nurse include as a priority in the plan of care?

What condition is most commonly caused by a adeoma or benign tumor causing pituitary hyperfunction and excessive Growth Hormone?

What is the most appropriate intervention for a child experiencing fatigue as a result of chemotherapy?

What type of head injury does the nurse suspect in a 16 year old after a motorcycle accident presenting with deep, periodic, and gasping respirations, extreme fluctuations in blood pressure, and pupils that are fixed and dilated?

Which condition may cause exophthalmos (protruding eyeballs) heat intolerance, insomnia and weight loss in children?

What would be the nurses response to the parents of a newly diagnosed child with type 1 diabetes that ask what they can do to help their child?

What exam finding is indicative of bacterial meningtis in a child?

What food would be the best choice for child receiving chemotherapy with low blood counts?

When assessing a head injursy child with the Glasgow Coma Scale, what score would be given to the child that opens eyes spontaneously, obeys commands, and is oriented to person, time, and place?

What condition does the nurse suspect when a patient presents with fruity smelling breath, Kussmaul breathing, polyuria, polydipsia and dehydration?