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A nurse is assessing a toddler who has acute nephrotic syndrome. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?

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A nurse in the emergency department (ED) is caring for a 13-year-old client who presented with right lower quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and fever.

Medication Administration Record

0630:

0.9% sodium chloride at 97 mL/hr

Diagnostic Results

0650:

WBC count 22,000/mm3 (5,000 to 10,000/mm3) RBC count 4.5/mm3 (4.0 to 5.5/mm3)

Hgb 14 g/dL 9.5 to 14 g/dL)

Hct 44% (30% to 40%)

Platelets 350,000/mm3 (150,000 to 400,000/mm3)

C-Reactive Protein 1.8 mg/dL (less than 1.0 mg/dL)

Nurses' Notes

0600:

Client presents to the ED with guardian. Client reports that they began having pain around their "belly button" the previous evening around 2100. Reports that pain is now in right lower quadrant and became worse earlier this morning, Reports nausea. Abdomen soft with tenderness to palpation in right lower quadrant. Bowel sounds positive in all four quadrants. Verbalizes increase in pain when right hip is flexed and rotated internally. Rates pain as 6 on a 0 to 10 pain scale.

0620:

Notified provider of client's arrival and assessment data. Prescriptions received.

0630:

IV started in right forearm x 1 stick with 22-gauge cathalon. Securement device and tegaderm placed. Infusing 0.9% sodium chloride 97 mL/hr via IV pump. CBC and C-Reactive Protein drawn and sent to lab.

0700:

Client reports increase in right lower quadrant pain, rating pain as 9 on a 0 to 10 pain scale. Vomits 50 ml gastric contents into basin.

Vital Signs

0600:

Temperature 37.7° C (99.9° F). Pulse rate 98/min, strong and regular. Respiratory rate 22/min, blood pressure 124/64 mm Hg, oxygen

saturation 99% on room air.

Height: 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)

Weight: 56.7 kg (125 lb)

0700:

Temperature 38.4° C (101.1° F). Pulse rate 112/min, strong and regular. Respiratory rate 24/min, blood pressure 138/88 mmHg, oxygen saturation 98% on room air.

Provider Prescriptions

0620:

Start 0.9% sodium chloride IV

Infuse IV fluids at 97 mL/hr

Draw CBC and C-reactive Protein

Notify provider of lab results

The nurse has notified the provider of the client's 0700 assessment data and lab results. Which of the following prescriptions should the nurse anticipate? (Select all that apply.)

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