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A  9 month old is in the emergency room for vomiting. The provider orders a IV be placed and orders KCl 20 mEq in Dextrose 5% and 0.45% NaCl. Your patient weighs 9kg. Round to the nearest tenth (i.e. 0.1). Please do not include milliliters per hour in your response.  Based on the basic formula, what would your hourly rate be? Basic Formula  1-10 kg 100ml/kg/day 11-20 kg 1000ml + 50ml/kg for each kg >10kg >20kg 1500ml + 20ml/kg for each kg >20kg

The student nurse understands that offering a 4-year-old child the choice between apple and orange juice during lunch promotes which favorable outcome based on Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development

You are caring for a 4.5kg neonate in the NICU. The provider has ordered caffeine to help with apnea and bradycardia episodes. The provider orders 10mg/kg to be given orally. The concentration is caffeine citrate 20 mg/mL oral liquid.  How many ml’s do you give to your patient? Round to the nearest hundredth decimal point (i.e. 0.01) provide only the numeric value

Match the Erikson Stages to the correct age group:

Which of the following is the baseline treatment of poor perfusion resulting from dehydration? 

Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statements below by selecting from the lists of options provided. RSV affects the ____________ cells of the respiratory tract.

Which artery does the nurse use to assess the pulse rate of an infant client during the initiation of cardiopulmonary resuscitation? Select the most correct answer

Which is a priority nursing diagnosis in a infant admitted with acute respiratory distress related to RSV?

A 2 month old infant presents to the Emergency Department with persistent cough, post tussive emesis, poor feeding and decreased urinary output. The nurse knows that this infant is at highest risk of mortality from which of the following vaccine preventable illness?

You are the nurse caring for a patient in shock. The urine output for the last 24 hours was 250mls. Your patient weighs 14kg.  What should the minimum patient’s urine output be for the past 24 hours?  Place only the numeric value in a whole number.