Congenital Heart Defects
Sign of coarctation of the aorta in infants
Weak lower extremity pulses
Which respiratory illness presents with a 'barking' cough
Croup
hallmark sign of hemophilia
prolonged bleeding
Unchecked cellular growth
cancer
Stroking an infant’s cheek, or the edge of the infant’s mouth
Eliciting the rooting reflex
The first-line of treatment for Kawasaki disease
What is IV fluids and IVIG therapy
A child with asthma is having an acute exacerbation. Which medication should be administered first
Albuterol
Function of Hydroxurea
Increases the level of fetal Hgb
Hallmark sign of retinoblastoma
white reflex in the eye- cat eye
cyanotic- tetralogy of fallot, tricuspid atresia
Name a medication required for a patient that is diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries
Prostaglandin E- an infant with transposition of the great arteries requires a patent patent ductus arteriosus
What is the gold standard diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis?
Sweat chloride test
Triggers of sickle cell anemia
hypoxia, acidosis, dehydration, fever, and hypothermia
Ideal time to administer antiemetic prior to chemotherapy
thirty minutes
10-year-old child is in which stage of Eriksons?
industry vs inferiority
You are assessing an infant with a VSD and note crackles when auscultating the lungs, name the priority intervention
Administer Furosemide IV
Name 3 late signs of hypoxia
Cyanosis, Apnea, Altered mental status
What is the priority nursing intervention during a sickle cell crisis?
Administration of IV fluids and pain management
Electrolyte imbalances that are most concerning in tumor lysis syndrome - 4
hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia, hyperuricemia
Calculate the safe dose range
Doctor orders 200 mg of Ibuprofen every 8 hrs. The child weighs 49 lbs. The safe dosage range for this medication is 5-10 mg/kg/dose. What is the safe dosage range for this particular child?
111.4-222.7 mg/dose
Name the four congenital defects of Tetrology of Fallot
A patient is admitted and exhibiting signs of drooling and tripoding. It is essential that the nurse does not do this
Obtain a throat culture
This organ absorbs a vast volume of blood which depletes the circulatory volume, leading to shock and abdominal distension and is called
Spleen- Splenic sequestration
Contraindicated in a patient diagnosed with Wilm's Tumor
abdomen palpation
Vaccines to administer to a 1-year-old child
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
Varicella