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A school nurse is conducting vision and hearing testing on fifth-grade children. Which level of prevention is the nurse demonstrating?

A 6-month-old infant is admitted to the pediatric unit with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The nurse places the infant on strict intake and output. The infant is in a size #2 diaper and the dry weight is 24g for each diaper. At the end of the shift, the infant has had two diapers with urine. One diaper weighed 56g and one weighed 65g. What is the total milliliter output for the shift?  Record a numeric value only.

Physiologic measurements in children’s pain assessment are:

The nurse is guiding parents in selecting a daycare facility for their child. Which of the following is especially important to consider when making the selection?

Which of the following is an important nursing intervention to promote atraumatic care?

When auscultating an infant’s lungs, the nurse detects diminished breath sounds.  How should the nurse interpret this finding?

Which of these landmarks would be likely to appear on a maxillary radiograph?

This anatomical structure separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity (mouth). This allows humans to breathe and chew food at the same time. 

Based on your knowledge of the bicarbonate system, if a patient has a condition in which they are unable to exhale carbon dioxide, what would you expect to happen to their pH?

There is a higher concentration of ______ in the alveoli and a higher concentration of ______ in the blood.