When Assessing the Pulse of a 6-Year-Old Boy,the Nurse Notices

question 1

Multiple Choice

When assessing the pulse of a 6-year-old boy,the nurse notices that his heart rate varies with his respiratory cycle,speeding up at the peak of inspiration and slowing to normal with expiration.The nurse's next action would be to:

• A) notify the physician immediately.
• B) consider this a normal finding in children and young adults.
• C) check the child's blood pressure and note any variation with respiration.
• D) document that this child has bradycardia and continue with the assessment.

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Definitions:

Systemic Bloodstream

The part of the circulatory system that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart.

Anterior Pituitary

The front portion of the pituitary gland, responsible for secreting hormones that regulate several physiological processes including growth and reproduction.

Posterior Pituitary

A part of the brain's pituitary gland that releases important hormones like vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone) and oxytocin into the bloodstream.

Milk Secretion

The biological process by which mammary glands produce and release milk to feed offspring.