Courage & Care
This type of care focuses on comfort, not cure.
What is palliative care?
The body’s first line of defense against infection.
What is skin?
When giving oral meds, infants should be held in this position.
What is a semi-upright position?
This intervention helps reduce infant pain during heel sticks.
What is nonnutritive sucking with sucrose?
Pediatric medication doses are always calculated based on this.
What is the child’s weight in kilograms?
The developmental task often delayed in school-age children with chronic illness.
What is achieving industry?
These white blood cells are first responders to bacterial infections.
What are neutrophils?
For a G-tube med, what should the nurse do after administration?
What is flush the tube with water?
This scale assesses postoperative pain in neonates.
What is the CRIES scale?
This type of pain develops within organs.
What is visceral pain?
Parents who become overly protective may have this syndrome.
What is vulnerable child syndrome?
Tick bites can transmit this infection.
What is Lyme disease?
This calculation method ensures correct IV maintenance fluid.
What is the 100/50/20 rule?
Pain signals traveling through unmyelinated C fibers feel like this.
What is dull, burning, or aching pain?
A crushed tablet should never be mixed with this.
What is the child’s formula or essential food?
A DNR order can also be written as this.
What is Allow Natural Death (AND)?
Koplik spots indicate this disease.
What is measles (rubeola)?
This principle minimizes fear and pain during care.
What is atraumatic care?
The point at which a person feels the lowest intensity of a painful stimulus.
What is the pain threshold?
This site is preferred for intramuscular injections in infants.
What is the vastus lateralis?
This therapy involves horses for physical and emotional benefit.
What is hippotherapy?
Varicella requires this type of isolation.
What are airborne and contact precautions?
Enteral nutrition is indicated when this system is functional.
What is the gastrointestinal system?
This strategy helps children express feelings about hospitalization
What is therapeutic play?
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) should always be administered through this type of line.
What is a central venous line?