QUESTION 10 A concerned mother arrives in clinic with her 6 month-old infant who

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QUESTION 10 A concerned mother arrives in clinic with her 6 month-old infant who has developed urticaria (hives) after being bitten by bedbugs. The mother has purchased some diphenhydramine (Benadryl) ointment and wants to apply it to the affected skin. What should you tell her? a. Topical medications are among the safest to use in infants. b. Infants absorb greater amounts of topical medications an toxicity is a concern. c. She should give her baby oral diphenhydramine in additoin to the topical medication for better effect. d. She should consider different treatment since topical medications are poorly absorbed by infants.

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The nurse should instruct the mother to not to give tropical diphenhydramine as infants absorb greater amount of topical medication to a toxic level.

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