Musculoskeletal Disorders
Treatment of choice for talipes equinovarus
What is serial casting?
A Commonly used scale in scoring pressure injuries.
What is Branden Q scale?
Bradycardia is a LATE sign of this neurologic complication.
What is increased intracranial pressure?
Term used to describe a child that displays a difficulty in writing.
What is dysgraphia?
Risk factors for this disorder include: cleft lip/palate, exposure to tobacco smoke, hearing impairment and pacifier use.
What is otitis media?
Assessment maneuver not to be performed by the nurse for developmental dysplasia of the hip
What is the Ortolani-Barlow maneuver?
A complication of diaper dermatitis.
What is candida albicans?
Brief, generalized tonic-clonic movements and eyerolling seen in infants and young children during rapid rise in temperature
What are febrile seizures?
Neurologically based processing problems impacting an individual's ability to learn basic skills as well as interfere with abilities to focus and organize.
What are learning disabilities?
Nutritional teaching for this disorder includes a high protein diet, added salt in the summer, pancreatic enzymes with each meal or snack and supplementation of vitamins A, D, E and K.
What is cystic fibrosis?
Most common treatment for developmental dysplagia of the hip for infants under 6 months of age
What is the Pavlik harness?
Key treatments for atopic dermatitis (eczema).
What is skin hydration & lubrication?
Neurologic disorder that impacts central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, gastrointestinal system and includes cutaneous signs.
What is neonatal abstinence syndrome?
Identification of special needs and creation of goals and process to attain them in school children.
What is an Individualized Education Plan (IEP)?
Most common causing organism for bronchiolitis.
What is respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?
Most common treatment for mild scoliosis
What is physical rehabilitation with exercises
A classic exam finding for impetigo.
What is honey-colored crusts around the nose and mouth?
An aggressive, chronic lifelong disability with no cure that can be congenital or acquired.
What is cerebral palsy?
Demonstration of deficits in sensory, speech and motor/orthopedic functions.
What are intellectual disabilities?
Treatment for this respiratory disorder includes: Contact/droplet precautions, nebulized saline treatments, cardiopulmonary monitoring, humidified oxygen for low saturations and administration of palivizumad to high risk patients
What is bronchiolitis?
Length of time for a plaster cast to dry.
What is 24 – 48 hours?
A 15-year-old girl comes into the clinic with cystic acne. The plan is to start isotretinoin (Accutane). The nurse will need to ensure what is done before medication is prescribed.
What is complete consent paperwork, complete pregnancy test, blood work to include: cholesterol, triglycerides, and liver function, and select two forms of birth control?
A complication following a neural tube disorder primary closure.
What is hydrocephalus?
Treatment goal of children with learning disabilities.
What is focus on areas of strength and compensation for weakness?
Symptoms of this respiratory disorder include hoarseness, inspiratory stridor, “seal-like” barking cough and are worse at night.
What is croup?