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A nurse is being oriented  in the Cardiac Unit and gets a patient who is returning from the cath lab. The preceptor asks the nurse about appropriate post-procedure care. Please select all responses that are appropriate.  Select all that apply.

Initially a digitializing dose of 20mcg/kg is ordered, by mouth, every 12 hours, for 24 hours. What measure should the nurse implement to assure client safety? 

A child has been admitted with status epilepticus. Benzodiazepines have been ordered for emergency medical management. What is the appropriate nursing management for administering this medication?  

Child maltreatment include all except:  

The nurse is assessing a child who has a history of Tetrology of Fallot. As a result of prolonged decreased pulmonary blood flow which symptom is this client most likely to exhibit? 

The pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) records “positive Gowers’ sign” after finishing the assessment of a young boy. How will the student nurse reading the PNP’s note interpret this?

A patient has undergone cardiac catheterization, & you are providing discharge teaching for the family. Which is  an appropriate statement as it relates to home care.

Which action performed by the registered nurse is vital to assist with confirming diagnosis of GERD?

An infant has a hypercyanotic spell. What should be the nurse’s first action?

Murmurs are common abnormal sounds with children who have congenital heart defects (CHD). What CHD is expected with a child who had a ‘holosystolic’ murmur, or systolic murmur at third or fouth left intercostal space?