While assessing a school-age child with a brain tumor after morning report, the child has an episode of projectile vomiting. What should the nurse do to help the child?

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In a child with a brain tumor, vomiting most commonly occurs on arising. The child with a brain tumor is not usually nauseated and will eat immediately afterward. The vomiting pattern occurs morning after morning. Vomiting eventually will become projectile. The nurse should provide the child with a snack until the morning breakfast tray arrives. The child will be hungry and can eat after an episode of projectile vomiting. The child does not need an antiemetic or a cool compress.

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