The nurse is caring for a 5-year-old boy who is taking prednisolone for nephrotic syndrome. The child is at the 75th percentile for height and has a blood pressure of 114/73. The nurse compares the reading to the below blood pressure levels for boys age and height percentiles. The nurse determines that the blood pressure represents a change and notifies the primary care provider of the assessment of:

An adolescent complains of chest pain and goes to the school nurse. The nurse determines that the teenager has a history of asthma but has had no problems for years. Which of the following should the nurse do next?

A father of a child with a urinary tract infection calls the clinic and explains, "My wife and I are concerned because our child refuses to obey us concerning the preventions you told us about. Our child refuses to take the medication unless we buy a present. We don't want to use discipline because of the illness, but we're worried about the behavior." Which response by the nurse is best?

When obtaining the initial health history from a 10-year-old child with abdominal pain and suspected appendicitis, which of the following questions would be most helpful in eliciting data to help support the diagnosis?

After teaching the parents of a child newly diagnosed with leukemia about the disease, which of the following descriptions given by the mother best indicates that she understands the nature of leukemia?