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Question 1: You are .the nurse in a pediatric clinic. You,r patient is a 6month-old .male who was born at .40 weeks 1 day gestation. He was 7 pound 13.5 oz and 21 inch long at birth. The patient has been fed Similac/ formula exclusively since birth. His mother is .bringing him to the clinic with concerns that he has frequent bouts. of emesis, especially. after feeding, and that he doesn't seem to be .growing quickly or meeting normal .milestones. He takes the following medications:
Vitamin D 400 IU via dropper/ daily
Triple .paste diaper rash cream
Simethicone gas drops 20 mg as needed for fussiness
Question 2: What is the pathophysiology of your patient's pertinent health history? Identify usual risk factors for this condition, prevention measures, and diagnostic tests usually done to determine if this condition exists.
Question 3: What assessments will you focus on for your patient? What do you expect to see during the assessment of your patient based on information in your textbooks about the condition?
Question 4:What possible complications are you most concerned with for this patient? What abnormal assessment data would point to the presence of these complications?
Question 5: What will you do with the assessment data? What data would necessitate provider notification? What data would necessitate emergency action and what actions would you take?