- Constipation.
- Cardiac arrhythmias due to hypokalemia or other electrolyte disturbances.
- Weight gain.
- Skin rashes.
No category found.
- Encouraging high-sodium foods.
- Monitoring strict intake and output, daily weights, and assessing for skin breakdown.
- Limiting protein intake.
- Administering large volumes of IV fluids.
- Administer insulin.
- Administer 15 grams of a fast-acting carbohydrate (e.g., 4 oz fruit juice), recheck in 15 minutes.
- Encourage exercise.
- Give a complex carbohydrate immediately.
- Oral cough suppressants.
- Magnesium sulfate (IV).
- Acetaminophen.
- Nasal spray.
- Mild abdominal distension.
- Absence of meconium passage within 24-48 hours of birth, requiring urgent surgical correction.
- Increased urine output.
- Increased appetite.
- Allowing the child to sit in the same position all day.
- Repositioning frequently, ensuring proper seating, and assessing skin for redness or pressure areas.
- Using harsh soaps for bathing.
- Avoiding pressure relief cushions.
- Administering fluids as quickly as possible.
- Monitoring strict intake and output, hourly urine output, and assessing for signs of fluid overload (e.g., crackles, edema).
- Not monitoring weight.
- Giving large boluses continuously.
- Administering oral fluids immediately.
- Ensuring a patent airway, placing the adolescent on their side, and monitoring for further seizures or complications.
- Restraining the adolescent.
- Asking complex questions.
- Stop medication when symptoms improve.
- Administer the full course of antibiotics, even if symptoms resolve, to prevent antibiotic resistance and recurrence.
- Mix with fruit juice only.
- Give only once a day.
- Providing crunchy, acidic foods.
- Offering soft, bland foods, frequent oral hygiene with a soft toothbrush, and using oral rinses as prescribed.
- Using harsh mouthwashes.
- Avoiding oral care.
- Assessing the child's ability to wiggle their toes and checking capillary refill and pulse.
- Asking the child if they want to play.
- Checking the temperature of the cast.
- Assessing for redness around the cast.
- Waiting for the heart rate to normalize.
- Immediately assessing the infant's respiratory status, stimulating the infant, and preparing for resuscitation if needed.
- Administering a sedative.
- Checking the monitor settings.
- Skip insulin doses.
- Monitor blood glucose closely, adjust insulin/carbohydrate intake as needed, and carry quick-acting carbohydrates.
- Eat extra sugary snacks.
- Avoid exercise entirely.
- Take daily for prevention.
- Take at the onset of a migraine attack, and do not use if there are signs of cardiovascular disease.
- Use for any headache.
- Take with alcohol.
- Keeping the infant clothed.
- Protecting the infant's eyes, ensuring adequate hydration, and monitoring temperature and skin integrity.
- Turning off the lights every hour.
- Avoiding diaper changes.
- Telling the child to be still.
- Providing therapeutic holding, distraction techniques, and local anesthetic as ordered.
- Restraining the child tightly.
- Performing the procedure quickly without explanation.
- Using non-sterile gloves.
- Strict aseptic technique and thorough hand hygiene.
- Using only one layer of dressing.
- Avoiding pain medication.
- Attempting to dislodge the object with a finger sweep.
- Performing age-appropriate basic life support maneuvers (e.g., back blows/chest thrusts for infants, abdominal thrusts for children) if the child is unable to cough effectively.
- Waiting for the object to pass spontaneously.
- Offering water to drink.
- Use only when symptoms are present.
- Use consistently every day, even when feeling well, as it is a controller medication.
- Increase the dose if symptoms worsen.
- Discontinue after a week.
