ATI PN nursing care of children 2020 with NGN II
ATI PN nursing care of children 2020 with NGN II ( 63 Questions)
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with the parents of a child who has infective endocarditis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?
Discontinuing antibiotics when the fever has resolved is not an appropriate instruction for a child with infective endocarditis. The full course of antibiotics should be completed.
While antibiotics can have side effects, splinter hemorrhages under the child's nails are not a common side effect of antibiotic use for infective endocarditis.
Obtaining prophylactic antibiotics for family members is not a standard practice for infective endocarditis.
This statement is correct. Antibiotics are needed prior to certain dental procedures for children with infective endocarditis to prevent bacterial endocarditis.
Choice A reason:
Discontinuing antibiotics when the fever has resolved is not an appropriate instruction for a child with infective endocarditis. The full course of antibiotics should be completed.
Choice B reason:
While antibiotics can have side effects, splinter hemorrhages under the child's nails are not a common side effect of antibiotic use for infective endocarditis.
Choice C reason:
Obtaining prophylactic antibiotics for family members is not a standard practice for infective endocarditis.
Choice D reason:
This statement is correct. Antibiotics are needed prior to certain dental procedures for children with infective endocarditis to prevent bacterial endocarditis.