PEDIATRIC|PEDS REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADE.

PEDIATRIC|PEDS REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS ALREADY A GRADE. A nursing instructor is teaching students the importance of understanding how drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted. This concept is referred to as the study of: pharmacokinetics The study of a drug's absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion is known as pharmacokinetics. pg 375 A client's mother informs the nurse that she has a hard time getting her 6-yearold son to take medication at home. Which would be the best suggestion for the nurse to offer this mother to help correct this problem? Tell the mother to state firmly, "It's time for you to drink your medicine." The best guideline for the mother to help in getting a child to take his medication is to state firmly, "It's time to take your medication." Asking or pleading with the child does not work. Firmness is required. Adults also should never refer to medicine as candy. If a child happens to like a medicine, he or she may help themselves to it, and consuming too much can be fatal. pg 377 A 5-year-old boy is receiving an analgesic intravenously while in the hospital. What should the nurse do to determine whether the drug is being properly excreted from this child? Monitor the child's fluid intake and output. Monitoring intake and output is important in children receiving drugs to be certain urine excretion or an outlet for drug metabolites is adequate. The other interventions listed are not typically used to determine whether drug excretion is occurring. pg 31 The child weighs 47 pounds. How many kilograms does the child weigh? Record your answer using one decimal place. 21.4 There are 2.2 lb per kg. 47 lb x 1 kg/2.2 pounds = 21.363636 kg. When rounded to the tenths place, the answer is 21.4 kg. pg 376