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The nurse is planning a staff in-service on childhood spastic cerebral palsy. What characterizes spastic cerebral palsy?

A child with spina bifida occulta is started on a bowel management plan. The child’s mother questions why this is being done. The nurse’s response will be based on the understanding that lack of: 

Which clinical manifestation should the nurse expect when a child with sickle cell anemia experiences an acute vasoocclusive crisis?

What is the most common clinical manifestation(s) of brain tumors in children?

A boy with leukemia screams whenever he needs to be turned or moved. Which is the most probable cause of this pain?

The nurse is teaching nursing students about childhood nervous system tumors. Which best describes a neuroblastoma?

A school-age child is admitted in vasoocclusive sickle cell crisis. What should be included in the child’s care?

In which of the conditions are all the formed elements of the blood simultaneously depressed?

A nurse is providing pain medication to a 15-year-old child after abdominal surgery. Which of the following principles should provide the rationale for the nurse’s actions?

A child is brought to the emergency department after experiencing a seizure at school. There is no previous history of seizures. The father tells the nurse that he cannot believe the child has epilepsy. What is the nurse’s best response?