- Stop medication when symptoms improve.
- Administer the full course of antibiotics, even if symptoms resolve, to prevent antibiotic resistance and recurrence.
- Mix with fruit juice only.
- Give only once a day.
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- Providing crunchy, acidic foods.
- Offering soft, bland foods, frequent oral hygiene with a soft toothbrush, and using oral rinses as prescribed.
- Using harsh mouthwashes.
- Avoiding oral care.
- Assessing the child's ability to wiggle their toes and checking capillary refill and pulse.
- Asking the child if they want to play.
- Checking the temperature of the cast.
- Assessing for redness around the cast.
- Waiting for the heart rate to normalize.
- Immediately assessing the infant's respiratory status, stimulating the infant, and preparing for resuscitation if needed.
- Administering a sedative.
- Checking the monitor settings.
- Skip insulin doses.
- Monitor blood glucose closely, adjust insulin/carbohydrate intake as needed, and carry quick-acting carbohydrates.
- Eat extra sugary snacks.
- Avoid exercise entirely.
- Take daily for prevention.
- Take at the onset of a migraine attack, and do not use if there are signs of cardiovascular disease.
- Use for any headache.
- Take with alcohol.
- Keeping the infant clothed.
- Protecting the infant's eyes, ensuring adequate hydration, and monitoring temperature and skin integrity.
- Turning off the lights every hour.
- Avoiding diaper changes.
- Telling the child to be still.
- Providing therapeutic holding, distraction techniques, and local anesthetic as ordered.
- Restraining the child tightly.
- Performing the procedure quickly without explanation.
- Using non-sterile gloves.
- Strict aseptic technique and thorough hand hygiene.
- Using only one layer of dressing.
- Avoiding pain medication.
- Attempting to dislodge the object with a finger sweep.
- Performing age-appropriate basic life support maneuvers (e.g., back blows/chest thrusts for infants, abdominal thrusts for children) if the child is unable to cough effectively.
- Waiting for the object to pass spontaneously.
- Offering water to drink.
- Use only when symptoms are present.
- Use consistently every day, even when feeling well, as it is a controller medication.
- Increase the dose if symptoms worsen.
- Discontinue after a week.
- Hyperglycemia.
- Sudden change in level of consciousness, bradycardia, or irregular respirations (Cushing's triad).
- Increased urine output.
- Peripheral edema.
- Mild dehydration.
- Congenital heart defect with potential for acute cardiac decompensation, requiring immediate cardiac evaluation.
- Normal neonatal findings.
- Common cold.
- Suctioning for prolonged periods.
- Limiting suctioning duration to 5-10 seconds, pre-oxygenating, and using appropriate catheter size.
- Using clean technique only.
- Avoiding lubrication of the catheter.
- Laxatives.
- Ondansetron (an antiemetic).
- Antipyretics.
- Cough suppressants.
- Placing the infant in a supine position.
- Administering humidified oxygen via nasal cannula and monitoring oxygen saturation.
- Encouraging bottle feeding.
- Administering oral antibiotics.
- Imposing strict dietary restrictions.
- Involving the adolescent in meal planning, providing realistic goals, and focusing on healthy choices rather than deprivation.
- Giving a list of forbidden foods.
- Ignoring dietary choices.
- Continue with regular medications only.
- Administering a rescue inhaler (SABA) and following the asthma action plan for yellow zone.
- Seek immediate emergency care.
- Increase physical activity.
- To avoid cleaning the ears.
- To keep the ears dry (e.g., using earplugs during bathing/swimming) and report any ear drainage or fever.
- To insert cotton swabs into the ear canals.
- To allow water to enter the ears freely.
