A 6-year-old girl is visiting the outpatient clinic because she has a fever and a rash. The doctor diagnoses chickenpox. Her mother asks the nurse how many baby aspirins her daughter can have for…

Question

Options

• AAdvise the mother not to give her aspirin
• BAsk if the client is allergic to aspirin before giving further information
• CAssess the function of the client's cranial nerve VIII
• DCheck the aspirin bottle label to determine milligrams per tablet

• A
  73% (32)
• B
  16% (7)
• C
  5% (2)
• D
  7% (3)

Explanation

(A) Aspirin taken during a viral infection has been implicated as a predisposing factor to Reye's syndrome in children and adolescents. Children and adolescents should not be given aspirin. (B) Allergy to aspirin is not related to Reye's syndrome. (C) Tinnitus, caused by damage to the acoustic nerve, occurs with aspirin toxicity, but this is not related to Reye's syndrome. (D) A 6-year-old child should not be given any baby aspirin.

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