Growth & Development
This type of play is typical in toddlers.
What is parallel play?
Normal newborns prefer to view objects at this distance.
What is 20–38 cm (8–15 inches)?
These are the five rights of medication administration.
What are the right patient, medication, route, time, and dose?
Preschoolers may believe pain occurs because they were "bad." This concept is called:
What is magical thinking?
This type of diabetes is caused by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells.
What is Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus?
Preschoolers believe their thoughts can cause events to happen.
What is magical thinking?
After circumcision, assess for bleeding every ___ minutes for at least ___ hours.
What is every 30 minutes for 2 hours?
This type of medication should NEVER be crushed.
What are enteric-coated and extended-release medications?
Toddlers commonly demonstrate these behaviors when experiencing pain.
What are crying, screaming, kicking, hitting, biting, clinging, or regressive behaviors?
The medication used to treat central diabetes insipidus is:
What is desmopressin (DDAVP)?
According to Piaget, infants develop this understanding that objects still exist when hidden.
What is object permanence?
The first void after circumcision should be documented to assess for this complication.
What is urinary obstruction/edema?
A child weighs 27 kg. How many milliliters of maintenance fluid should they receive in 24 hours?
What is 1,640 mL/day?
Name one physiologic sign of pain in infants.
What are increased heart rate, decreased oxygen saturation, sweating of hands/feet, grimacing, or restlessness?
This laboratory value is elevated in hypothyroidism.
What is TSH?
Erikson's developmental stage for toddlers is:
A newborn born at 35 weeks gestation is classified as this type of preterm infant.
What is late preterm?
Name one complication nurses monitor for during IV therapy in children.
What are infiltration, infection, irritation, or phlebitis?
Pain management should combine these two major approaches.
What are pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions?
This oral medication is commonly used in pediatric Type 2 diabetes.
What is metformin?
The preschooler's reasoning process of linking unrelated events is called this.
What is transduction?
The most accurate methods for assessing jaundice are these two tests.
What are transcutaneous bilirubin (TCB) and total serum bilirubin (TSB)?
Children younger than this age often have difficulty swallowing tablets and capsules.
EMLA cream should be applied approximately this long before simple procedures.
This endocrine disorder is characterized by weight loss, tachycardia, heat intolerance, and decreased TSH.