Used to relieve distention by suctioning gas and fluids
What is an NG tube?
Signs of severe dehydration in a infant
tenting turgor, sunken Fontenelle, no urine output, no tears when crying
Never do this with a patient diagnosed with Wilms Tumor
What is do not palpate the abdomen
Name the type of care a child should be receiving.
What is atraumatic care?
Narcan is the antidote to reverse this medical emergency
What is opioid narcotic overdose?
The clinical manifestations of Crohn's.
What is diarrhea 4-5/day
What is pain- after eating, steatorrhea, rebound tenderness, weight loss, dehydration/malnutrition
The clinical manifestations of Crohn's.
Diarrhea 4-5/day
What is pain- after eating, steatorrhea, rebound tenderness, weight loss, dehydration/malnutrition
What nursing interventions must you carry out to protect a child with leukemia who is neutropenic
neutropenic isolation, hand hygiene, only well visitors, no fresh fruits/veggies/flowers
When instilling an otic solution into an infant's ear, the nurse should pull the ear in this direction.
What is Down and Back?
The time it takes for the amount of drug in the body to decrease to one half of the peak level
What is half-life
Treatment for Celiac Disease.
What is Corticosteroids and Gluten Free diet
Widening pulse pressure, bradycardia, and respiratory depression are signs of
What are signs of Cushings Triad
The following manifestations: petechiae, bruising, hematemesis, hematuria, bleeding gums, tarry stool are signs of what?
What is Thrombocytopenia
The age at which most infants sit steadily and unsupported
What is 9 months?
This medication is used to quickly reverse heparin.
What is protamine sulfate?
In this procedure, your doctor uses a slender, flexible, lighted tube to examine the sigmoid.
What is a flexible sigmoidoscopy?
What are 3 s&s of HHS?
What are:
Profound dehydration
Hypotension
Tachycardia
Neurological changes
The rejection of bone marrow
What is Graft-versus-host disease
The title for a child during their first year of life
What is an infant?
Polyethylene glycol is the generic name for this drug
What is Lax-a-day
Long lasting inflammation and ulcers in the colon
What is Ulcerative Colitis?
Kussmaul's breathing, fruity breath, polyuria, polydipsia, hyperglycemia, dehydration, electrolyte loss, acidosis are signs of
What are signs and symptoms of DKA
Three main complications of patients with leukemia
What are anemia, infection, bleeding tendencies
4 year old Tyler is being admitted for an appendicitis. He is in Erickson's stage of
What is Initiative vs Guilt
Acetylcysteine is given to reverse this adverse effect
What is acetaminophen overdose?