Infant/Toddler
Length of time to count respirations and heart rate.
A rescue medication for asthma exacerbations, often given via inhalation route.
What is albuterol?
The psychosocial assessment used for adolescents.
What is the HEEADSSS assessment?
Head circumference should be measured on all patients until this age.
What is 24 months.
An Alpha-/Beta- Agonist, indicated for anaphylaxis and often given by the intramuscular route.
What is epinephrine?
When a nurse shares an adolescent's sexual health information with their parent without the adolescent's consent, they violate this important principle
What is confidentiality?
Start here to maximize patient cooperation on a child for a physical assessment.
What is least invasive to most invasive (ex. begin the exam peripherally (hands and feet) and end with more invasive maneuvers (ears))
Use it to help more medication from a metered-dose inhaler reach the lungs effectively
What is a spacer?
This vaccine prevents against the most common cause of cervical cancer.
What is the HPV vaccine (Gardasil)?
Sequence of vital signs assessment in a child.
What is respirations, heart rate, O2, (BP if indicated), and temperature.
A nine-year-old received her first dose of HPV vaccine in May of this year. How many total doses of HPV vaccine does the AAP recommend for this child?
What is two doses?
An anatomical landmark located in the RLQ, 1/3 of the distance from the anterior iliac spine to the umbilicus. A patient with appendicitis will have pain when this landmark is palpated.
What is McBurney's point?
Vaccinations required at 2 month visit.
What are Hepatitis B (HepB), Rotavirus (RV), Diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (DTaP), Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV15, PCV20), Inactivated poliovirus (IPV)
What asthma action plan zone is a child in if they have any of these symptoms: cough or mild wheeze, tight chest, shortness of breath, problems sleeping, working, or playing?
What is yellow zone?
The age in which an adolescent can make their own healthcare decisions without parental consent in NYS (barring special circumstances)
What is 18?