- 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.
No category found.
- Waiting for improvement.
- Immediately assessing the infant's respiratory status, increasing oxygen flow, and notifying the healthcare provider.
- Removing oxygen.
- Administering cough syrup.
- 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.
- 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.
- Limiting humidification.
- Providing adequate humidification, frequent suctioning, and encouraging hydration.
- Avoiding suctioning.
- Providing dry air.
- Diphenhydramine.
- Epinephrine.
- Prednisone.
- Ranitidine.
- Encouraging strenuous activities.
- Prioritizing rest periods, clustering nursing care, and encouraging light activity as tolerated.
- Limiting sleep.
- Ignoring complaints of fatigue.
- 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.
- Checking blood pressure only.
- Monitoring intake and output, skin turgor, mucous membranes, weight, and fontanelles (if applicable).
- Assessing for rash only.
- Checking heart rate only.
- Forcing injections.
- Using pain-reducing strategies (e.g., topical anesthetics, distraction), allowing the child to participate in the process, and using positive reinforcement.
- Punishing for fear.
- Ignoring the fear.
- Giving larger, less frequent feedings.
- Offering small, frequent, high-calorie feedings, and considering supplemental tube feedings if needed.
- Limiting feeding time.
- Avoiding fortified formula.
- Telling them to hide their diabetes.
- Encouraging open communication with friends, connecting with other adolescents with diabetes, and emphasizing self-advocacy.
- Minimizing the impact of diabetes.
- Focusing only on diet.
- Forcing the child into the scanner.
- Utilizing child life specialists, providing distraction, and administering sedation if ordered.
- Telling the child to be still.
- Threatening the child.
- Oral antihistamine.
- Immediate administration of nebulized short-acting beta-agonist (SABA) and systemic corticosteroids if indicated.
- Oral antibiotics.
- Nasal decongestant.
- Elevating the head of the bed only during sleep.
- Positioning the infant upright during feeds, thickening liquids as needed, and performing regular respiratory assessments and airway clearance.
- Offering thin liquids.
- Avoiding immunizations.
- Stop medication when blood pressure is normal.
- Administer as prescribed, monitor blood pressure regularly, and do not abruptly discontinue the medication.
- Double the dose if blood pressure is high.
- Give only when the child has symptoms.
- Administer on an empty stomach.
- Administer with all meals and snacks, mixed with acidic food, and do not crush enteric-coated beads.
- Administer after meals.
- Take only when experiencing abdominal pain.
- Forcing food.
- Establishing a consistent meal schedule, providing a calm environment, and allowing the adolescent some control within parameters.
- Ignoring refusal to eat.
- Punishing for not eating.
- Restricting movement.
- Applying ice to the surgical site, monitoring for swelling or infection, and avoiding strenuous activity for a few days.
- Allowing vigorous play.
- Avoiding bathing.
