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Pediatric Potpourri
100
The best approach in performing the exam on this age child would be to do the exam in the following order.
What is from less traumatic to more traumatic
100
The pediatric unit in the hospital is designed to be comfortable for the child and to make the child feel secure; therefore procedures and treatments are NOT done here.
What is the child's hospital room?
100
Using the body weight method of dosage calculation, the nurse converts the child’s weight in pounds to the child’s weight in this unit of measurement.
What is kilograms?
100
This is the reason it is important to know the child's developmental stage when caring for him/her.
What is to effectively communicate on the level of the child?
100
This is the most appropriate restraint when performing a scalp venipuncture on an infant.
What is a mummy restraint?
200
Two-year-old Kayla has had diarrhea for three days, so the nurse takes Kayla's temperature using the axillary method. The nurse finds that Kayla's temperature falls within a normal range for an axillary temperature.
What is 97.5°F to 99.3°F?
200
The technique in which activities are used to help the child have a better understanding of what will be happening to him or her in a specific situation.
What is therapeutic play?
200
When administering ear drops to an infant or toddler, the pinna (the outer part of the ear) is pulled this way to straighten the ear canal.
What is down and back?
200
It is necessary to evaluate for these signs when performing the cardiac portion of a pediatric assessment (Review of Systems).
What are cyanosis, fatigue, and anemia?
200
This is the highest priority nursing intervention when caring for a child with an elevated temperature.
What is monitoring the child for seizures?
300
The site for taking an apical pulse on an infant.
What is between the sternum and the left nipple?
300
This can help siblings of children with chronic illnesses better cope with the situation.
What is talking about the sibling’s condition with the other children?
300
When administering an intramuscular injection of an antibiotic to a 3-month-old child this would be the best site for the nurse to give this medication.
What is the thigh?
300
This is the best method for obtaining the weight of a 3-year-old child who is being uncooperative.
What is weigh the mother, weigh the mother and child, and then subtract the mother's weight from the combined weight?
300
This is made by bringing a part of the small intestine through the abdominal wall to create an outlet.
What is an ileostomy?
400
You should not take the temperature of a child with diarrhea with this method.
What is a rectal temperature?
400
These behaviors areimportant for the child with a chronic illness because it gives the child a sense of pride and self-confidence.
What are positive reinforcement and discipline?
400
This is the age a person should get the first dose of the HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccine.
What is 12?
400
This is the general rule regarding pulse rate from infants compared to adults.
What is the pulse rate slows down as we progress towards adulthood?
400
This is how Polio can be spread.
What is direct contact with infected people?
500
This measures the oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin.
What is pulse oximetry?
500
Siblings of a child who has a chronic illness may have this, which is the feeling of embarrassment or shame, especially if the ill child has a physical disfigurement or cognitive deficit.
What is stigma?
500
In this procedure, the lower lid is pulled down to form a pocket and following administration, gentle pressure is applied to the inner canthus of the eye
What is administering eye drops?
500
This is the most accurate way to measure the head circumference of a child.
What is place the tape measure around the head just above the eyebrows?
500
These isolation precautions are appropriate for A 5-year-old with Varicella that was admitted to the hospital with high fever, dehydration, pruritic rash on face and trunk with lesion in all stages.
What are contact precautions and airborne precautions?
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