A 7-year-old child is in the pediatric intensive care unit on a ventilator.Sedation is maintained with a midazolam (Versed)drip.Which items should the nurse ensure are readily available at the child's bedside?

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For the child on a ventilator,the nurse should have a bag-valve mask for manual ventilation and working suction.The antidote for Versed is Romazicon,which should also be available.A back-up ventilator for every ventilator in use is not only prohibitively expensive,but having the bag-valve mask allows for manual ventilation in case of ventilator failure.Narcan is not the antidote for Versed.

A 7-Year-Old Child Is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit