Pediatric Vomiting (Nursing)
Über den Vortrag
Der Vortrag „Pediatric Vomiting (Nursing)“ von Jackie Calhoun, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN ist Bestandteil des Kurses „Gastrointestinal Disorders – Pediatric Nursing“.
Quiz zum Vortrag
What is a common cause of vomiting? Select all that apply.
- Gastrointestinal obstruction
- Infection
- Pyloric stenosis
- Decreased intracranial pressure
- Decreased stomach acid
A two-year-old client presents to the emergency department with nausea and vomiting. What should the nurse do first?
- Ask the client’s caregivers how much and how often they are vomiting.
- Obtain blood work from the client.
- Initiate intravenous access.
- Give the client 25 mg dimenhydrinate orally.
The nurse is assessing a pediatric client experiencing frequent episodes of nausea and vomiting. The nurse notices that the client has foul-smelling breath and green sputum coming from the mouth. What should the nurse do first?
- Auscultate the child’s lungs.
- Start the client on 2L O2 via nasal prongs.
- Swab the client’s mouth to obtain a sputum culture.
- Have the client rinse their mouth out with a sterile saline solution.
What is the most common acid-base imbalance in clients experiencing vomiting?
- Metabolic alkalosis
- Metabolic acidosis
- Respiratory acidosis
- Respiratory alkalosis
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Dozent des Vortrages Pediatric Vomiting (Nursing)
Jackie Calhoun, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN
Dr. Jackie Calhoun is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She also works as a Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.She graduated as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP) from Rush University in Chicago, Illinois in 2013, and completed her DNP in Health Systems Executive Leadership at the University of Pittsburgh in 2020. Besides her responsibilities at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Calhoun is involved in a number of different professional organizations, including NAPNAP and SCCM. Furthermore, Dr. Calhoun serves as an item writer for the CPNP-AC certification exam.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Calhoun teaches courses on Pediatric Nursing.
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