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Order: Ampicillin 1000mg, intravenously, every 6 hours, for pneumonia Child’s weight: 15kg Safe dose: 50-100 mg/kg/dose every 6 hours (max dose: 8 grams of ampicillin/day) a) What is the safe low dose (mg/dose) for this child? b) What is the safe high dose (mg/dose) for this child? c) Is the ordered dose safe?

A child with growth hormone deficiency asks the nurse how long he will need to take growth hormone injections.  Which of these responses would be most appropriate for the nurse to state?

When assessing a child with a suspected abdominal tumor, which finding would lead the nurse to determine the child has Wilms tumor rather than neuroblastoma?

The nurse provided discharge instructions to the parent of a 2-year-old child who had an orchiopexy to correct cryptorchidism.  Which statement by the parent indicates the need for further instruction?

A nurse instructs the parent of a child about preventive measures to reduce the risk for urinary tract infections in her daughter.  Which of these statements if made by the parent would indicate the parent has the correct understanding of the instruction?  “I will…

Order: Administer 160ml of pedialyte via nasogastric tube over 25 minutes.  Calculate the milliliters per hour (ml/hr) to set the feeding pump.

Calculate the hourly (ml/hr) maintenance fluid requirement for a child who weighs 35.2 pounds. Round to whole number. 

A nurse is assessing a newborn and notices asymmetric thigh and gluteal folds. Which of the following diagnostic tests should the nurse expect the provider to perform?  

Which of these scales would be most appropriate to assess pain in a 9-year-old child?

Graph the solution set of the system of of inequalities or indicate that the system has no solution. -x + 3y