NR 602 Week 4 Discussion Clinical Pearl Case Graded A 2021 SUMMER

Alcohol/ Substance Abuse Issue-Pertinent Negative: The mother states that she takes anxiety pills around her son and will leave the pills unattended around her child. The mother also smokes in the home and often misplaces her cigarettes. She states that one time her son was chewing on one of her cigarettes. The mother took a bottle of alcohol out of her purse and is also asking for a sleeping medication to give her child. Pertinent Positive: The mother states that she does not smoke in the child’s room. She also states that the last time that her child chewed on a cigarette she called poison control; whose phone number is in her phone. Guidelines or Recommendations: Those who are exposed to secondhand smoke have an increased risk of lung cancer and other lung diseases. Children who are around secondhand smoke especially have it tough because it contributes to asthma as well as ear infections. Children of people who smoke also have an increased likelihood of becoming a smoker themselves. Reference: Section on Tobacco Control (2016). Clinical practice policy to protect children from tobacco, nicotine, and tobacco smoke. Pediatrics, 136(5), . Professional/ Ethical Communication by Nurse Practitioner to Parent: “I think it is great that you have the Poison Control’s phone number readily available on your telephone, but it is important to take further steps to prevent any accidents from happening. It is important that medication