MATERNAL 3
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The nurse is caring for a 10-year-old child with growth hormone deficiency which therapy would you anticipate to be prescribed for the child?
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Short-term aldosterone provocation
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Injections of growth hormone
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Oral administration of somatotropin
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Long-term blocking of beta cells
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Which statement by the nurse is most likely to gain the cooperation of a young child?
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Do you want to take your medicine now?
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It is time for you to drink your medicine now
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If you take this medicine, I can get you a popsicle
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If you don’t drink this medicine, you will need to get a shot
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A parent of school-aged child is distressed to learn of the child is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The parent asks the nurse how this could happen because no one in the family has diabetes. Which response is most accurate?
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Diabetes mellitus type 2 is caused by the pancreas not making enough insulin
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This is disorder usually occurs when inadequate calories are ingested on a regular basis.
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Because this disorder is genetic, someone in the family will eventually develop the illness
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This disorder is associated with metabolic disturbances that result in insulin resistance
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This disorder is associated with overweight and eating a diet high in in fats and carbohydrate.
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A terminally ill child is awake at 2 AM and continues to put on the call light. What should the nurse do regarding this child’s behavior?
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Provide with a sleeping aid
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Encourage the child to sleep
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Sit with the child until sleep comes
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Put on the television and dim the light
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A young child is brought to the emergency department with severe dehydration secondary to acute diarrhea and vomiting. Therapeutic management of this child will begin with which nursing intervention?
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Intravenous fluid
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Oral rehydration solution (ORS)
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Clear liquids, 1 to 2 ounces at a time
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Administration of antidiarrheal medication
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The parent of a child with acute glomerulonephritis ask the nurse to explain the cause of the disease. What organism should the nurse instruct the parents as being the cause for the disorder?
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Group B streptococci
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One of the rhinoviruses
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Staphylococcus viridans
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Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci
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