{"id":232,"date":"2018-01-02T00:03:51","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T00:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/chapter\/case-study-2-pediatric-client-continued-3\/"},"modified":"2018-07-03T11:57:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:57:30","slug":"case-study-2-pediatric-client-continued-3","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/chapter\/case-study-2-pediatric-client-continued-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study 2: Pediatric Client (continued)"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>1. Which vital sign findings are considered abnormal for this child? What medical terminology is used to define\/label these findings?<\/strong>\n\n<ul><li>The temperature is high: hyperthermia or pyrexia\/febrile.<\/li><li>The heart rate is elevated: tachycardia.<\/li><li>Sinus arrhythmia is considered normal in the pediatric population.<\/li><\/ul><strong>2. What are the healthcare provider\u2019s actions based on these findings?<\/strong>\n\n<ul><li>Remove external clothing from the client (down to a diaper) to reduce fever.<\/li><li>Provide cool fluids or popsicles to reduce fever.<\/li><li>Promote fluid intake to reduce fever and maintain hydration.<\/li><li>Ensure safety and observe the child due to the risk of febrile seizures that can occur with high body temperatures.<\/li><li>Report to the most responsible provider if you are not the most responsible provider.<\/li><\/ul><div class=\"textbox shaded\">Go to the next page to start Case Study 3.<\/div>","rendered":"<p><strong>1. Which vital sign findings are considered abnormal for this child? What medical terminology is used to define\/label these findings?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The temperature is high: hyperthermia or pyrexia\/febrile.<\/li>\n<li>The heart rate is elevated: tachycardia.<\/li>\n<li>Sinus arrhythmia is considered normal in the pediatric population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. What are the healthcare provider\u2019s actions based on these findings?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove external clothing from the client (down to a diaper) to reduce fever.<\/li>\n<li>Provide cool fluids or popsicles to reduce fever.<\/li>\n<li>Promote fluid intake to reduce fever and maintain hydration.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure safety and observe the child due to the risk of febrile seizures that can occur with high body temperatures.<\/li>\n<li>Report to the most responsible provider if you are not the most responsible provider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">Go to the next page to start Case Study 3.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-232","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":212,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/232\/revisions\/233"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/212"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/232\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=232"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.publiconsulting.com\/wordpress\/vitalsign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}