NURS 3444 Lecture 24: 24-Cardiac
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Identify intervention to support the psychosocial well-being of the child with heart disease and their caregiver. Diagnostic procedures and lab tests: diagnostic, cardiac catheter, chest radiograph, echocardiogram, exercise testing, hyperoxitest, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, lab tests, cbc, abgs, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, c-reactive protein, serum tests. An infant who has a congenital heart defect comes into the clinic with complaints of irritability, pallor, and increased cyanosis that began quickly over the last 30 minutes. As the nurse assesses the infant, the parent asks why the child"s color is bluish. The best response by the nurse is, (cid:498)skin color is: related to the time of day. (cid:499, related to brain function. (cid:499, unrelated to your child"s condition. (cid:499) The oxyhemoglobin gives the skin the pink color. In the absence of oxyhemoglobin, the skin color darkens. What is the normal heart rate for each age group: 1.
