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A 6-year-old girl presents to the urgent care clinic with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Her mother reports that she has had five loose, watery stools in the past 24 hours. Her last episode of vomiting was seven hours ago and she has been refusing fluids. The patient is awake and cooperative with the exam and her vitals are within normal limits for age. She is urinating less than baseline. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step in management?

The ______ blood pressure is the top number in a blood pressure reading, while the ________ is the bottom number.

Why is respiration rate usually counted directly after taking the pulse rate, while fingers are still on the wrist?

Which side of the stethoscope is used for measuring pulse rate?

Who is the first person to hear the ‘death story,’ observe acute grief in the family, and the first to offer support as the family starts the grief journey?

Both the ________ and _________ pulses are used in taking blood pressure.

To do this is healthy after a death because it will help to fill the void in a person’s life is called:

A 5-year-old girl presents to clinic with fever and cough. Her respiratory rate is 25 breaths per minute, and she has mild subcostal retractions. Her oxygen saturation on room air is 94%. She has focal crackles in the right lower lobe. Which of the following is indicated?

A 10-year-old boy with a history of asthma presents to the outpatient office as a new patient. A full asthma history is obtained. Which of the following is associated with the highest risk of death from asthma?

Survivors must break the ties of the old relationship with the deceased and begin to develop a new life without the person. Which need of the bereaved is this?