Key terms
GI disorders
Resp disorders
Growth and Development
Misc.
100
Shortness of breath
What is dyspnea
100
Component of the gastrointestinal system found primarily in the right upper quadrant.
What is the liver.
100
Shorter and more horizontal in children than adults.
What are the eustachian tubes.
100
Short and more narrow compared to an adult.
What is upper airway.
100
Increased with fever and/or dehydration.
What is heart rate.
200
Fluid in the pleural space which makes it easier for a patient to breathe.
What is surfactant
200
A family diagram that shows relationships.
What is a genogram?
200
Frequent swallowing after a tonsillectomy is indicative of:
What is bleeding.
200
Obligate nose breather.
What is a newborn until appx 4 weeks of age.
200
This reflex is elicited by touching the sole of an infant's foot. The infants toes curl downward (birth to 8 months).
What is the plantar grasp?
300
Difficulty Swallowing
What is dysphagia
300
The order of the abdominal assessment in children.
What is Inspection, auscultation, percussion and palpation.
300
The nurse auscultates breath sounds of a child hospitalized with exacerbation of asthma. What would the nurse expect to hear?
What is wheezing.
300
At this age the infant can hold their own bottle and roll from back to front.
What is 6 months?
300
Retractions, tachycardia and cyanosis are signs and symptoms of which type of pediatric emergency?
What is respiratory distress.
400
Air sacs surrounded by capillaries for gas exchange
What are alveoli
400
High pitched, gurgling noises auscultated on the abdomen.
What are bowel sounds.
400
Appropriate temperature of fluids to offer a 5 year-old admitted with a respiratory illness.
What is room temperature liquids
400
Is more flexible in an infanct than in an adult.
What is the trachea.
400
Failure to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, safety and education are signs of which type of treatment of children?
What is physical neglect?
500
Asthma attack which is not responsive to drugs and becomes an emergency
What is status asthmaticus
500
Identified as cause of abdominal pain in children, may be as a result of a poor diet.
What is constipation.
500
The assessment finding that a child is experiencing increased respiratory obstruction.
What is extreme irritability (a primary sign of increased respiratory obstruction).
500
Used to listen to lung and bowel sounds.
What is the diaphragm of the stethoscope.
500
The order is for Solumedrol 1.5 mg/kg for a child weighing 34 kg. Available: Solumedrol 56 mg/ml. How many mL will you administer?
What is 0.91 mL
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