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CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

Category - Pediatrics

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A medical-surgical nurse is to work in a pediatric unit for eight hours. Which of these patients should be assigned to her?
  1. A ten-year-old child with bronchial asthma and teenager who had an appendectomy four hours ago
  2. A two-month-old infant with cleft palate and a two-year-old with inguinal hernia
  3. A thee-year-old male with nephrotic syndrome and a week-old infant who just had a pylorotomy
  4. A nine-year-old with Down's syndrome admitted for pneumonia and a two-year-old with Tetralogy of Fallot who is scheduled for surgery the next day
Explanation
Answer - A - The patients that should be assigned to her are a child with bronchial asthma and a teenager who had an appendectomy four hours ago. Older children with medical-surgical conditions like asthma are more appropriate to be taken good care of by the medical-surgical nurse. This is similar to her training and experience.
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