A Mother Brings Her Child to the Emergency Department

A mother brings her child to the emergency department. Based on the child's sitting position, drooling, and apparent respiratory distress, a diagnosis of epiglottis is suspected. In anti cipation of the physician's prescriptions, number the following actions in the appropriate order for delivering nursing interventions for this child. (Number 1 is the first action, and number 6 is the last action.)

A) Prepare for assisted ventilation and have necessary equipment available.
B) Obtain a pulse oximetry reading.
C) Obtain an axillary temperature.
D) Assess breath sounds by auscultation.
E) Obtain weight for correct antibiotic dose infusion.
F) Ask the mother about the precipitating events related to the child's condition.