- Monitoring for constipation.
- Monitoring for signs of mucositis, myelosuppression, and renal toxicity.
- Monitoring for increased appetite.
- Monitoring for skin rashes.
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- Antibiotics.
- Corticosteroids (e.g., prednisone).
- Antiemetics.
- Laxatives.
- Assessing for a rash.
- Monitoring for signs of coronary artery aneurysms (e.g., fever, rash, conjunctivitis, swollen hands/feet) and cardiac rhythm.
- Checking for swollen lymph nodes.
- Assessing for strawberry tongue.
- Telling the child it won't hurt.
- Administering conscious sedation and/or local anesthetic as prescribed, and providing distraction techniques.
- Relying on the child's resilience.
- Avoiding any pain medication.
- Administering rapidly without monitoring.
- Administering the bolus slowly (e.g., over 20-30 minutes) and reassessing the infant's response frequently.
- Administering only oral fluids.
- Using hypertonic solutions.
- Telling them to cope on their own.
- Connecting them with early intervention services, support groups, and respite care resources.
- Focusing only on the child's physical needs.
- Minimizing the child's developmental delays.
- Adjusting weights freely.
- Maintaining correct alignment, ensuring weights hang freely, and performing frequent neurovascular assessments.
- Removing traction periodically.
- Allowing the child to move vigorously.
- Estimating portion sizes.
- Using food labels and measuring cups/scales for precise carbohydrate measurement.
- Eating unlimited carbohydrates.
- Avoiding all carbohydrates.
- Oral potassium supplements.
- IV calcium gluconate to stabilize the myocardium.
- Loop diuretics.
- Oral fluids.
- Allowing unrestricted screen time before bed.
- Maintaining the child's usual sleep routine as much as possible, creating a calm environment, and explaining the procedure simply.
- Keeping the child awake.
- Administering sedatives routinely.
- Allowing unrestricted movement.
- Providing pain management (e.g., sucrose solution, topical anesthetic), swaddling, and protecting the infant's eyes from bright lights.
- Avoiding eye drops.
- Keeping the room brightly lit.
- Restricting fluids.
- Implementing chest physiotherapy (CPT), encouraging coughing, and administering nebulized bronchodilators and mucolytics.
- Limiting physical activity.
- Administering oral antibiotics only.
- Levothyroxine.
- Propylthiouracil (PTU) or methimazole.
- Insulin.
- Acetaminophen.
- Assessing skin color.
- Hourly monitoring of urine output, specific gravity, and daily weights.
- Checking heart rate only.
- Assessing respiratory rate only.
- Oral suctioning only.
- Nasal suctioning with a bulb syringe or suction catheter prior to feedings and as needed.
- Administering cough suppressants.
- Positioning the infant flat.
- Encouraging active play with other children.
- Implementing stringent protective isolation measures to prevent infection due to severe immunosuppression.
- Providing a regular diet.
- Encouraging school attendance.
- Dismissing their feelings.
- Acknowledging and validating their feelings, providing education in a non-judgmental way, and connecting them with support resources.
- Telling them to just accept it.
- Avoiding any discussion about their feelings.
- Oral anticonvulsant.
- Administering benzodiazepines (e.g., lorazepam, diazepam) IV to stop the seizure.
- Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
- Cough syrup.
- Offering thin liquids.
- Using thickened liquids and soft foods, positioning the child upright, and providing adaptive feeding equipment.
- Force-feeding the child.
- Feeding the child while lying flat.
