- Telling them to wear a hat.
- Acknowledging their feelings, providing opportunities for play therapy, and encouraging self-expression.
- Minimizing the importance of hair.
- Ignoring the issue.
Category: BS Nursing
- Assessing for hunger.
- Monitoring for signs of refeeding syndrome, including electrolyte imbalances (hypophosphatemia, hypokalemia), cardiac arrhythmias, and fluid overload.
- Assessing for constipation.
- Assessing for skin rashes.
- Scolding for non-adherence.
- Providing clear, concise medication instructions, using visual aids, involving the child in scheduling, and addressing barriers to adherence.
- Giving all medications at once.
- Telling parents to manage everything.
- Oral acetaminophen.
- Administering appropriate analgesia (e.g., oral opioid or NSAID) to control pain and reduce anxiety during assessment and transport.
- Topical cream.
- No medication is needed until confirmed fracture.
- Assessing pupil reaction.
- Monitoring capillary refill time, peripheral pulses, and blood pressure (if appropriate for age and clinical condition).
- Assessing for rash.
- Checking temperature only.
- Oral antiemetics.
- Sedation (e.g., oral chloral hydrate or IV propofol) to ensure the child remains still for the scan.
- Oral cough syrup.
- Laxatives.
- The medication will immediately cure depression.
- It may take several weeks for the full therapeutic effect, and monitoring for worsening mood or suicidal ideation (especially initially) is crucial.
- Side effects are immediate and severe.
- Discontinue if no improvement in 2 days.
- Only use rescue inhaler at night.
- Reviewing asthma triggers, ensuring proper use of controller medications, and identifying nocturnal symptoms as a sign of inadequate control.
- Avoid medications at night.
- Ignore night symptoms.
- Encouraging more oral fluids.
- Monitoring for signs of dehydration and metabolic alkalosis, and ensuring NPO status prior to surgery.
- Administering antiemetics.
- Allowing the infant to feed freely.
- Telling them hair will grow back immediately.
- Encouraging head coverings (hats, scarves, wigs), providing emotional support, and normalizing the experience.
- Avoiding any discussion of hair loss.
- Shaving their head without consent.
- Administering only oral analgesics.
- Administering age-appropriate analgesics (e.g., acetaminophen, ibuprofen, opioids) on a scheduled basis to prevent pain.
- Waiting for the child to cry loudly.
- Relying on distraction only.
- Store all insulin in the freezer.
- Store unopened insulin in the refrigerator; opened vials/pens can be kept at room temperature for a specific duration (e.g., 28 days).
- Store in direct sunlight.
- Store in the car.
- Waiting for improvement.
- Immediately assessing the infant's respiratory status, increasing oxygen flow, and notifying the healthcare provider.
- Removing oxygen.
- Administering cough syrup.
- Force-feeding the infant.
- Offering smaller, more frequent feedings, considering calorie-dense formulas, and monitoring for signs of feeding intolerance.
- Giving large volumes of water.
- Limiting feeding time to 5 minutes.
- Washing with harsh chemicals.
- Checking skin daily for redness or pressure areas, and cleaning braces with mild soap and water.
- Leaving braces on continuously.
- Allowing the braces to get wet.
- Limiting humidification.
- Providing adequate humidification, frequent suctioning, and encouraging hydration.
- Avoiding suctioning.
- Providing dry air.
- Diphenhydramine.
- Epinephrine.
- Prednisone.
- Ranitidine.
- Applying hairspray.
- Ensuring the hair is clean and free of oils, gels, or sprays to allow for proper electrode placement.
- Using a hair dryer on high heat.
- Brushing hair vigorously.
- Encouraging strenuous activities.
- Prioritizing rest periods, clustering nursing care, and encouraging light activity as tolerated.
- Limiting sleep.
- Ignoring complaints of fatigue.
