Assignment: Pediatric Nursing
• Write a complete nursing care plan based off of this nursing diagnosis: Deficient knowledge related to preparation for the hospitalization. Your patient is a 4 year old boy. Include an assessment, diagnosis (I gave you that), planning, implementation and evaluation.
• What is considered a fever in a child? What medications would be used to control fever? What non-medication interventions can be done to decrease fever? Write out a script on parental education that you would tell a parent with a child with a fever.
• Fluid calculation needs in children are based on their weight. Please figure out the following fluid requirements needed for 24 hours then amount you would infuse per hour.
o 8 kg infant
o 14 kg toddler
o 21 kg child.
For each of these children, what is their weight in pounds?
• Here's some dosage calculations.
o Doctor's order: Give 125 mg of medication once a day. Medication label says 1 tablet = 250 mg. How many tablets should be administered daily?
o Doctor's order: Give Tetracycline syrup 150 mg po once daily. Medication labels says Tetracycline syrup 50/mL. How many mL should be administered per day?
o Doctor's order: Meperidine 20 mg IM q4h prn for pain. Child is rating pain 8/10 based off the FACES scale Medication label states Meperdine 40 mg/ml. How many mL would you give for one dose?
o Doctor's order: Heparin 3,000 units subcutaneously now. Medication label reals 5,000 units/mL. How many milliliters will be administered for this patient?
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