The 22-month-old child is brought to the emergency department with large, blistered burns to both buttocks by his mother’s boyfriend. The mother’s boyfriend states the child has been in his care while the mother is away on a business trip. He reports the child accidentally fell into the bath during the preparation before the water had had a chance to cool. The child’s second-degree wounds are dressed after intravenous morphine is administered. The nurse works with the healthcare team to perform which intervention? 

The nurse is riding the staff elevators with several other healthcare professionals and overhears a provider discussing the lab results for another nurse’s patient. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

The lab calls the nurse and reports an adult patient’s serum calcium of 5.9 mg/dL and serum potassium of 6.2 mEq/dL. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?