1. Sarah Robbins is a registered nurse (RN) who practiced pediatric...

1. Sarah Robbins is a registered nurse (RN) who practiced pediatric nursing for 5 years before obtaining a position as a school health nurse in an elementary school. Sarah has practiced nursing at Jasper Elementary School for 3 years. Jasper Elementary is a public school with 500 children enrolled in pre-kindergarten through 4th grade. Sarah is the only nurse on campus.

 

Sarah spends the first portion of her morning conducting an Inservice for some teachers on the recognition of communicable diseases.  When she arrives, there are 4 children waiting to see her which one is a priority explain each and the level of priority for each. PUT IN ORDER OF PRIORITY

 

1. 5 - year old boy with stomachache
2. 6-year-old girl complaining of a headache
3. 10-year-old boy who thinks he has a fever
4. 9-year-old girl with an abrasion to the knee

 

2.  When assessing the 10-year-old boy who thinks he has a fever when assessing which action should RN takes first.? 

 

1. Take the child temp
2. Call the child's legal guardian
3. Administer Tylenol
4. Check to see if there is a parental consent