Chapter 8
This professional provides programs and offers support to child and family on the pediatric unit.
What is the child life specialist?
A focus of pediatric supervision visits.
What is wellness?
This is where toddlers should be examined.
What is the caregivers or parents lap?
This is the point where a person feels the lowest intensity of painful stimulus
What is pain threshold?
With activation of the immune system, these cells are employed to fight the infection
What are B, T and natural killer cells?
Child counting aloud, singing a song or blowing bubbles are examples of this.
What are distraction methods?
Screening of an entire population regardless of child's individual risk.
What is universal screening?
This group may prefer privacy for their exam.
What is adolescent?
Pain that develops in the tissues.
What is somatic pain?
Most common reason parents seek pediatric care.
What is fever?
Difficulty filling out forms, missed appointment, medication errors may be signs of this.
What are poor literacy skills?
The age when a child can use a standard Snellen chart for vision screen.
What is 6 years?
These 2 parameters should be included in every well child check.
What is height and weight?
Pain related to malfunctioning of peripheral or central nervous system.
What is neuropathic pain?
Easiest and most common method to prevent infection
What is handwashing?
Therapeutic care that minimizes or eliminates the psychological and physical distress experienced by children and families in health care.
What is atraumatic care?
The two age groups that are most at risk for iron deficiency anemia
What are toddlers and adolescents?
This should be noted in every adolescent exam.
What are the Tanner Stages?
This pain scale is used commonly in children 3 years and older
What is the FACES pain scale?
Viral illness that causes a rash is known as this.
What is a viral exanthem?
A position that is useful during painful procedures.
What is therapeutic hugging?
Initial screen for dyslipidemia is done at this age.
What is 9-11?
This area should be examined first in young children.
What is heart and lungs?
This method of pain management may be used for painful bedside procedures in children.
What is moderate or conscious sedation?
The white blood cells that responds to larger and more severe infections
What are monocytes?