The serum laboratory tests for obstructive uropathy
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and Creatinine
What is the difference?
An enema is contraindicated for this diagnosis
Appendicitis
Why?
Bladder exstrophy
Cover with a sterile, plastic wrap
Primary intervention for status epilepticus
Maintain a patent airway
Thrombocytopenia, hemolytic anemia, and acute renal failure.
The child with hemolytic uremic syndrome
Intervention for a child diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome who is edematous that is on bed rest.
Reposition every 2 hours
The most reliable indicator of fluid loss
Body weight
Gastroschisis
Cover with warm, moist sterile gauze wrap with plastic to keep moist
Blood loss from hemorrhage, altered LOC, cool extremities, BP drops, tachycardia
Hypovolemic shock
Urgency, dysuria, and fever
Preschool/School-age child with UTI
The urinalysis result for acute glomerulonephritis
Hematuria and Proteinuria
If there is adequate peripheral circulation, the nurse would find that the extremity is __________.
Is warm, with a capillary refill of less than three seconds.
Child with type 1 diabetes mellitus is sweating, trembling, and pale
Give the child a glass of orange juice
Premature infants have apnea-like breathing pattern
Stroke them and remind them to breathe
Chronic, progressive constipation, failure to gain weight, and megacolon
Child with Hirschsprung Disease
Symptoms (name 3) are characteristic of a preschool-age client who is diagnosed with a urinary tract infection
Urgency, dysuria, fever
The appropriate intervention for a neonate with a meningomyelocele/spina bifida
Provide a latex-free environment
Chronic UTIs in 4 year old girl
Teach to wipe from front to back
Isolation required with pertussis
Droplet precautions
Theory of Cognitive Development
Piaget
Difference between a toddler's kidneys versus a school-age child's kidneys
School aged = more mature and able to conserve water
Toddler = unable to fully conserve fluid and electrolytes
Pediatric pt with TBI, Loss of consciousness, HR 48
Signs of increasing ICP
Infant with supraventricular tachycardia
Ice to face
An abnormal, high-pitched musical respiratory sound caused when air moves through a narrowed larynx or trachea.
Stridor
Headache, nuchal rigidity, photophobia, altered consciousness
Bacterial meningitis