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Which would the nurse teach a patient when NSAIDs are prescribed for treating juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)?

Take with food.

Take on an empty stomach.

Blood levels are required for drug dosages.

Good oral hygiene is needed

The nurse caring for a child who sustained a burn injury plans care based on which pediatric considerations associated with this injury? Select all that apply.

Scarring is less severe in a child than in an adult.

A delay in growth may occur after a burn injury.

An immature immune system presents an increased risk of infection for infants and young children.

The lower proportion of body fluid to mass in a child increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.

Fluid resuscitation is unnecessary unless the burned area is more than 25% of the total body surface area.

Infants and young children are at increased risk for protein and calorie deficiency because they have smaller muscle mass and less body fat than adults.

The nurse is monitoring a child with burns during treatment for burn shock. The nurse understands that which assessment provides the most accurate guide to determine the adequacy of fluid resuscitation?

Skin turgor

Neurological assessment

Level of edema at burn site

Quality of peripheral pulses

The nurse is auscultating the lungs of an asthmatic client during an acute attack. Which is the correct technique that the nurse should use during this assessment?

Listen as the client inhales, and then move to the next site on the thorax during exhalation.

Ask the client to breathe in and out rapidly through the mouth while auscultating each location.

Auscultate for at least one full respiration in each location on the thorax.

Auscultate the anterior and posterior thorax over the client's hospital gown.

A pediatric client who has asthma is unable to speak, has shortness of breath, and has diminished breath sounds. Which type of asthma exacerbation is the client experiencing based on the assessment findings?

Mild

Severe

Minimal

Moderate

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