Cleft Palate Repair

Editorial Team / Admin · Dec 3, 2014

What are your thoughts? AN is happy to help with homework or other questions, but we will not just outright do the work and give you the answer. Which one do you think it is and why?

mhy12784 · Dec 4, 2014

Well if its a nursing question, shouldnt the answer be rate their pain on a scale of 1-10, and then proceed to administer narcotics?

loving2024, BSN, RN · Dec 4, 2014

Your child is extremely upset following a cleft palate repair. What is the best way to comfort your child?
a. pacifier
b. rock/swaddle in favorite blanket
c. place child on stomach

Here is my breakdown

You cant put an object on the child's mouth because the child is just recovering from surgery. so thiis is a no-no

I will go with B because of the word "favorite blanket"

klone, MSN, RN · Dec 4, 2014

Here is my breakdown
You cant put an object on the child's mouth because the child is just recovering from surgery. so thiis is a no-no
I will go with B because of the word "favorite blanket"

You're not supposed to give the answer. You're supposed to help the OP figure out the answer on their own.

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Dec 4, 2014

Well if its a nursing question, shouldnt the answer be rate their pain on a scale of 1-10, and then proceed to administer narcotics?

Not necessarily. The question says the baby is upset. Babies cry for reasons other than pain. Maybe he was already medicated in the PACU. We don't know. Babies also can't rate their pain on a 0-10 scale. You COULD use the FLACC scale to assess pain. Again, the question doesn't even say that narcotics were prescribed for this baby. Don't make up parts of the scenario that aren't there. With the given choices, only one is correct.

flyersfan88 · Dec 4, 2014

Not necessarily. The question says the baby is upset. Babies cry for reasons other than pain. Maybe he was already medicated in the PACU. We don't know. Babies also can't rate their pain on a 0-10 scale. You COULD use the FLACC scale to assess pain. Again, the question doesn't even say that narcotics were prescribed for this baby. Don't make up parts of the scenario that aren't there. With the given choices, only one is correct.

I think it was supposed to be a very tongue in cheek response...

Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN · Dec 4, 2014

Welcome!

Loveofrn has been very nice and given you the answer. However allnurses strives to help you be the best nurse you can be and we ask all students to tell us what they think first.