A 12-Month-Old Child Attends Day Care and Is Seen in a Clinic

question 11

Multiple Choice

A 12-month-old child attends day care and is seen in a clinic for a second middle ear infection since age 8 months. The parent calls the nurse to report that after the third day of giving amoxicillin [Amoxil], the child continues to have a temperature of 39.5°C and is unable to sleep well because of pain. What will the nurse do?

• A) Encourage the parent to discuss amoxicillin/clavulanate [Augmentin] with the child's provider.
• B) Recommend that the parent consider removing the child from day care to reduce exposure to infection.
• C) Schedule a clinic appointment for the child to receive ceftriaxone [Rocephin] IM.
• D) Tell the parent the child will probably need surgery for tympanostomy tubes to reduce infections.

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