An 8-year-old child with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (jia) is being admitted to the hospital for evaluation of progressively increasing symptoms. the child weighs 60 lb (27 kg) and is 50 inches (127 cm) tall. the nurse is reconciling the medications the parent brought from home with the medications prescribed. (see chart.) what should the nurse do?

The nurse should ask the family to give the child cetirizine daily using the medicine she has at home.

Explanation:

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis affects children and adolescents up to 16 years. It usually causes joint inflammation, but can reach other organs such as skin, eyes and heart. As the disease develops, it may hinder movement and even incapacitate the person. It is an autoimmune disease, meaning the immune system attacks the body itself by mistake, and is not contagious.

There are some classes of medicines to reduce inflation and pain, as well as change the evolution of the disease and even the body's response to it. In the case of the child shown in the above question, the nurse is more likely to advise parents about the medication. The nurse may ask the family to give the child cetirizine daily using the medicine they have at home.