The nurse is caring for a two-year-old client who presented to the ER with vomiting, currant jelly-like stools, and abdominal pain that causes the child to draw the knees up to the abdomen in a fetal position. Which interventions does the nurse anticipate for this client?

assessing for respiratory distress orders for a soft diet as tolerated monitoring for a normal, brown stool preparing the client for a barium enema placement of...

The nurse is admitting a new client complaining of severe abdominal pain. When asked about valuables, the client says he has $1,500 cash in his wallet. He is from out of state and does not have anyone who can take his wallet into safekeeping for him. Which statement by the nurse best addresses this situation?

“I can keep it locked up in the charge nurse’s office for you.” “It should be fine. Just hide it in a drawer when you go down for a CT scan.” “I can call securi...