The nurse is evaluating a 9-month-old male infant who presents for a routine checkup. In obtaining the patient’s history from his mother, the nurse discovers they live in a home built in 1975. The nurse instructs the mother on which health screening schedule?

Blood testing for lead levels should be performed at the current visit and repeated at 24 months. Testing for lead levels should be done in patients between the ages of 9 months and 1 year of age and repeated at 24 months. Testing is generally reserved for those children with risk factors for exposure, such as those living in a house built before 1980.

The nurse is evaluating a 9-month-old male infant who presents fo...

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Difficulty: 5

Topics: Growth & Development Health Screening Neurology Health Care Ethics, Law, and Policy Health Care Quality Health Promotion Patient Education Pediatrics

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