Health Promotion
Children should be rear-facing in a car seat until this age.
What is 2?
Iron absorption is decreased by drinking this common beverage.
What is milk?
The normal posterior fontanel closes by this age.
What is 6-8 weeks?
This tool uses facial expressions for children as young as 3.
What is the Wong-Baker FACES scale?
This often precedes otitis media.
What is an upper respiratory infection?
Infants should sleep on their backs to prevent this.
What is sudden unexpected infant death (SUID)?
Iron deficiency is common in female adolescents due to this.
What is menstruation?
The best way to assess a toddler’s respiratory effort is to observe this part of the body.
What is the abdomen?
The most reliable indicator of pain in infants.
What are behavioral clues?
Children exposed to this environmental factor have a higher risk.
What is second-hand smoke?
Preschoolers need an average of this much sleep a day.
What is 12 hours?
Milk intake should be limited to prevent iron-deficiency anemia to about this many ounces/day.
What is 24 ounces?
Best site to assess an infant’s pulse.
What is the apical pulse?
Nonpharmacologic pain relief for infants includes this sweet oral solution.
What is sucrose?
Recurrent otitis media is defined as this many episodes in 6 months.
What is 3?
It is recommended that school-age children are active for at least this many minutes each day.
What is 60?
Children ingesting non-food items have this.
What is pica?
A nurse positioning their body at the child’s eye level enhances this type of communication.
What is therapeutic?
Preschoolers may view pain as this because of their moral reasoning.
What is punishment?
The first-line antibiotic for acute otitis media.
What is amoxicillin?
Confidentiality concerns may prevent teens from seeking care in this specialty area.
What is sexual or reproductive health?
A child on iron supplements may have stools of this appearance.
What is dark, tarry, or greenish?
The order of a pediatric physical exam should begin with this.
What is least invasive assessments (or observing behavior first)?
This medication is avoided for pain in children due to risk of Reye syndrome.
What is aspirin?
Persistent fluid behind the eardrum without infection is classified as this condition.
What is otitis media with effusion?