The child had a cast applied the previous day for a broken tibia. The mother returns the child to the provider to report swelling and significant pain. Upon assessment, the nurse notes pale, cool toes with a capillary refill time of 6 seconds. The child denies feeling the nurse's assessment but screams in pain when the leg is moved. The nurse anticipates which treatment for this patient?
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During the provider’s exam of the 6-hour-old neonate, the provider reports observing a red reflex in the neonate’s right eye, but not the left. The provider observes whiteness at the back of the eye. The nurse compiles information for the new parents about which procedure?
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The labor and delivery nurse is assigned to a 25-year-old G2P1 female with a viable intrauterine pregnancy at 40-weeks estimated gestational age. After the patient had PROM, dark green fluid was noted, which was not malodorous. Which of the following terms does the nurse use to document this finding?
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