Growing Up
A healthy infant’s birth weight triples by this age.
What is 12 months?
This vaccine series protects young children against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
What is DTaP?
Rinsing the mouth after an inhaled corticosteroid prevents this
What is oral thrush?
Frequent urination, excessive thirst, increased hunger, and weight loss in a school-age child.
What is type 1 diabetes?
Honey-colored crusts around the nose and mouth.
What is impetigo?
Projectile vomiting and an olive-shaped mass in a 4-week-old.
What is pyloric stenosis?
A hospitalized 2-year-old screams and cries for the parent every time the parent leaves. This phase of separation anxiety.
What is protest?
Live vaccines like MMR are held for a child receiving this cancer treatment.
What is chemotherapy?
Children with cystic fibrosis take pancreatic enzymes at these times.
What is with all meals and snacks?
A child with a blood glucose of 58 who can swallow receives 15 grams of this, with glucose rechecked in 15 minutes.
What is fast-acting carbohydrate (the rule of 15)?
Children with eczema should apply moisturizer within minutes of doing this.
What is bathing?
Currant jelly stools and a sausage-shaped abdominal mass.
What is intussusception?
Simple words plus this technique help prepare a preschooler for an IV.
What is demonstrating on a doll (medical play)?
In an infant with pertussis, this finding is more dangerous than the whoop.
What is apnea?
After tonsillectomy, children avoid foods of this color because they can be mistaken for blood.
What is red?
During illness, a child with type 1 diabetes should never stop taking this.
What is insulin?
Treating scabies requires treating these people at the same time, even if they have no symptoms.
What are household contacts?
Massive proteinuria, low albumin, and generalized edema.
What is nephrotic syndrome?
Bruises over these areas are usually accidental in active children.
What are bony areas such as the shins, knees, and elbows?
A child with hand, foot, and mouth disease refuses to drink. This is the nurse’s priority concern.
What is dehydration?
A peak flow reading of 50–79% of personal best falls in this zone.
What is the yellow zone?
The most serious complication of DKA treatment in children. Watch for a decreasing level of consciousness.
What is cerebral edema?
Head lice treatment is usually repeated after this many days.
What is 7–10 days?
Cola-colored urine and hypertension 1–3 weeks after a strep infection.
What is acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis?
Offering a teen this during a visit encourages honest answers, but it has limits when there is a risk of harm.
What is confidential time without parents?
The virus that causes fifth disease.
What is parvovirus B19?
A child with epiglottitis sits leaning forward with the chin thrust out. This position.
What is the tripod position?
Children with adrenal insufficiency need this during illness, injury, or surgery.
What is a stress dose of steroids?
Scratched eczema with redness, warmth, and yellow crusting suggests this complication.
What is a secondary bacterial infection?
A potassium level of 6.9 mEq/L in a child with AKI calls for this nursing action first.
What is continuous cardiac monitoring?