Which client should avoid combined oral contraceptives?

A client at 17 weeks’ gestation is scheduled for an amniocentesis after abnormal quad screen results. Which action is most appropriate before the procedure?

A client diagnosed with HELLP syndrome has which priority lab finding?

The nurse in a pediatric oncology unit understands that painful tests and treatments are common for children with cancer. Which interventions does the nurse decide to use to help manage pain for a 6-year-old patient scheduled for diagnostic testing?

The nurse in a pediatric oncology unit understands that painful tests and treatments are common for children with cancer. Which interventions does the nurse decide to use to help manage pain for a 6-year-old patient scheduled for diagnostic testing?

The nurse in a pediatric clinic is assessing an infant who is 6 months of age. The infant is pale with poor muscle tone. Auscultation reveals tachycardia; in addition, the infant is at the 35th percentile for both height and weight. The physician orders laboratory testing. Which laboratory value does the nurse expect?

The nurse is caring for a child in the emergency department. The child’s arm is abnormally positioned, and the child is holding the arm near that area and is crying with pain. The child’s parents explain that the child fell off the bicycle when riding on the streets of the subdivision. Which is the priority care to provide to the child?

A client’s fetus is diagnosed with TORCH infection. Which maternal history would alert the nurse to possible toxoplasmosis?

Read the following scenario and answer the two discussion questions in no less than one full paragraph. Scenario:A family living in a mid-sized U.S. city is deciding whether to homeschool their 10-year-old child. The parents are concerned about several factors: the local public school has large class sizes, recent school safety incidents have made them uneasy, and they feel the curriculum does not reflect their cultural or religious values. At the same time, both parents work full-time, and they are unsure whether homeschooling would place too much strain on their time and finances. They have also heard that homeschooling networks in their area are growing, but they aren’t sure how inclusive or accessible those communities are. Discussion Questions (please answer both):What factors influencing this family’s decision to consider homeschooling would you identify with most and why?  Research on homeschooling highlights a range of individual outcomes—academic, social, psychological, and developmental. What kinds of individual outcomes (positive or negative) would be most important to you and why?

The clinical nursing instructor gives a lecture regarding maintenance of skin integrity while caring for a hospitalized child. Later, one of the nursing students is caring for a hospitalized child. Which action by the nursing student demonstrates that the teaching was effective?