Extern Scope
When suctioning patients as a Clinical Extern, non-invasive oral suctioning is permitted upon demonstrate competency, ________ suctioning is under supervision, and _______ suctioning is not permitted.
What is pharyngeal suctioning and tracheal suctioning?
A department providing neurodiverse children and youth an interdisciplinary approach to their overall well-being and care.
What is Neurodevelopmental Health?
In pediatrics, _________ is defined by age, unlike the adult standard of <60 BPM.
What is bradycardia?
Name abnormal VS and whether it is high or low:
Patient: 10-year-old child
What is the oxygen saturation is too low?
________ ________ is a permitted activity in the Extern ROCA. It is performed when the Clinical Extern begins their shift or during periods when no clear tasks are assigned. The Extern goes into rooms and verifies safety, performs TLC checks or answers call bells.
What is intentional rounding?
Child Life research has demonstrated that ______ ____ increases patient coping and increases patient cooperation with therapeutic treatment plans.
What is therapeutic play.
On a cardiac rhythm strip, this wave represents atrial depolarization.
What is the P wave?
Name abnormal VS and whether it is high or low:
Patient: 7-year-old child
What is temperature is too high?
True or false: Externs can decide to perform and complete a rectal temperature. +100 points if you can mention the mechanism and +100 points if you say what is documented.
What is false? Rectal temperature falls under a controlled nursing act and is performed by the extern when DELEGATED. Documentation should indicate the reason for the rectal temperature (ex. high axillary temp charted in another column) and that "Name RN delegated to Clinical Extern, communicated rationale/results"
A lifelong neurological and developmental difference that affects how a person communicates, interacts socially, learns, and processes sensory input.
What is autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?
What is the name of the electrical pathway within the right and left ventricles?
What are the Purkinje Fibers?
Name abnormal VS and whether it is high or low:
Patient: 2-year-old toddler
What is the heart rate is too low?
When preparing enteral feeds of formula or breastmilk for patients, Clinical Externs may warm, measure, and prepare feeds. However the _________ of feedings is not permitted to be completed by the Clinical Externs due to possible risk of errors.
What is to fortify or fortification?
A behavioral profile characterized by an extreme, anxiety-driven resistance to everyday requests and expectations often seen in ASD.
What is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)?
This interval represents the ventricular depolarization, contraction, and repolarization.
What is the QT interval?
Name abnormal VS and whether it is high or low:
Patient: 4-month-old infant
What is the respiratory rate is too high?
Name three care activities that must be supervised when performed by Clinical Externs.
What is: programming IV pumps, hanging of maintenance IV solutions, programming enteral feeding pump, all medication prep, verification and administration (IV or injection not permitted), placement of nonsurgical feeding tubes, connection, disconnection, flush of nonsurgical feeding tubes, NG or foley removal, pharyngeal suctioning, specimen collection, simple dressing changes, second support for CVAD dressing or cap changes
The neurological condition where a person cannot produce speech on command even though they understand the request, want to do it, and have normal muscle strength and coordination.
What is apraxia?
On ECG paper, fifteen large boxes represents ____ number of second(s).
What is three?
Name abnormal VS and whether it is high or low:
Patient: 13-year-old adolescent
What is the blood pressure is too low?