The nurse working in a pediatric mental health clinic is assessing a 4-year-old child who has suffered from physical abuse. Which type of therapy does the nurse anticipate will be most helpful in developing a trusting relationship as well as assisting in determining the client’s current emotional state?

Which question should the nurse ask the parents of a child suspected of having glomerulonephritis? 

When teaching a group of parents about the skeletal development in children, what information is most helpful?

Why is the bubble study used during a TEE

What is an indication for a TEE?

A patient in the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU), will be going to the Cath lab at 1 pm that day. During morning rounds that patient ask why nutrition did not come to get herbreakfast order. How should the nurse respond?

What can elevated right atrial pressure indicate?

An ICU patient feels very cold. The patient has weak pulses and delayed capillary refill in fingers. What is most the likely cause of these vascular findings?

A 37 year-old male in in the ICU after presenting to the emergency department with a pulsating sensation in the abdomen, and back pain. The attending physician suspects that thepatient may have abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). What diagnostic test should the nurse  expect to receive.

During the insertion of a Swan-Ganz catheter, the catheter is advanced through the right atrium, right ventricle and pulmonary artery. What is the correct term for the pressure measured in the pulmonary artery using the catheter?