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A mother attends the pediatric clinic with her 11-year-old daughter who has type 1 diabetes. After completing the diabetic teaching, the nurse evaluates the mother’s knowledge. Which statement by the mother indicates a satisfactory understanding of diabetes?

A school-age client is diagnosed with diabetes insipidus (DI) and is admitted to the hospital. Which laboratory imbalance does the nurse anticipate monitoring for this diagnosis?

Which of the following cardiac defects is treated with an arterial switch surgery?

A medication label contains the following information: Methotrexate Injection, USP250 mg(25 mg/mL)10 mL Single Dose VialHow much is needed for this dose? You must label your answer or it will be marked wrong.  Order: Methotrexate 0.5 g IM weekly Give: ____________________

A nurse is caring for a 3-year-old child who has a new diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and is distressed about insulin injections. Which of the following activities should the nurse recognize is therapeutic in helping the child deal with the injection?

A 10-year-old girl comes to the school nurse’s office with type 1 diabetes.  The child reports she took the dose of insulin this morning as instructed and a few bites of breakfast. The nurse notices that the student is nervous, has hand tremors, and is pale & sweaty. The school nurse would suspect:

A nurse is performing a well child checkup on a 12-month old infant. The infant weighed 7 lb, 2 oz at birth. Which measurement below would indicate that the infant’s weight pattern is developing normally?

To select a material as a laser gain medium, a four-level system is preferred because it allows generating a laser beam at four different wavelengths.

While changing the diaper of an infant with Tetralogy of Fallot, the nurse notes the infant starts to appear cyanotic and goes limp. What is the priority nursing action?

For a mode-locking laser, the gain medium ideally supports a single longitudinal mode in order to have a single wavelength output.