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The nurse in an acute pediatric facility is preparing to assume care of multiple patients at the change of shift.  Which patient should the nurse assess first?

The nurse is planning care for a 2-year-old child with Cystic Fibrosis who is admitted for a respiratory infection. The most important nursing intervention to include in the plan of care is:

An infant who has congenital heart disease with valvular dysfunction is being discharged.  The RN is teaching complications to the family. Which of the following is the primary teaching intervention the nurse would emphasize to prevent bacterial endocarditis? 

“The nurse is caring for a child with CHF receiving Furosemide and Digoxin. Which laboratory result is most concerning to the nurse?”

Clinical Criteria to Diagnosis Kawasaki Disease Requires a fever for at least five days plus the presence of four other symptoms. Choose whether each symptom is either indicated or Not indicated for diagnosing Kawasaki Disease in a child.

Parents bring a toddler who is 2.5 years old to the hospital because of observed difficulty in breathing with a cough. The toddler is diagnosed with laryngotracheobronchitis. Which assessment does the nurse expect to find with this diagnosis? 

Which of the following will help a patient to speak while intubated with a tracheostomy tube?

A patient receiving mechanical ventilation has received a long acting sedative in the last twenty minutes. The physician orders the institution of spontaneous breathing trials to commence immediately. Which of the following medications would be most helpful to the patient?

If left to himself, he would have whistled life away, in perfect contentment but his wife kept continually dinning in his ears about his idleness, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family. Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was incessantly going, and every thing he said or did was sure to produce a torrent of household eloquence. The above quote is a passage taken from __________________________________ written by __________________________________________ .

Whoso would be a man, must be a non-conformist . . . Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. The above quote is a passage taken from __________________________________ written by __________________________________________ .