Neuro
Disease process derived from brain damage before, during, and/or after birth.
What is cerebral palsy?
Explain the RICE acronym for management of a strain, sprain, or fracture.
What is rest, ice, compression and elevate?
Ketonuria is present in what diagnosis involving very high glucoses?
What is Diabetic Ketoacidosis?
Clinical manifestations of growth are noted how?
What is the growth chart?
What is the name of the way a child moves from the laying down/sitting position to standing, utilizing legs to help with pushing up to standing? Walking up their body
What is Grower's sign?
A type of seizure with hundreds throughout the day and lasts just a few seconds.
What is an absence seizure?
A fracture located at the epiphyseal plate will cause what potential complication for children?
What is affecting further bone growth?
Continuing to take glucoses and even more frequently is common during what portion of diabetes eduction?
What is sick day management?
When does growth hormone replacement stop?
What is after growth is less than 1 inch in a year?
What is the name of the blood test which may detect uncommon genetic disorders in newborns?
What is newborn screening?
Positioning infant/child during this laboratory collection study is vitally important.
What is lumbar puncture?
What are 3 education points regarding cast care for a patient and family?
What are do not stick anything down the cast, ensure pulses/capillary refill distal to end of cast, and monitor for signs of infection.
Drowsiness, shakiness, headache, and cold skin are signs and symptoms of ?
What is hypoglycemia?
Ambiguous genitalia is a cardinal sign of this congenital endocrine disorder.
What is adrenal hyperplasia?
Deviation or curvature of the spine.
What is scoliosis?
Your patient presents to the ED with a GCS of 9 and parent states she fell off the top of her treehouse and hit her head. Our assessment would lead us to being concerned for what type of injury?
What is a spinal cord injury?
What are 2 reasons a child may be placed in traction?
Kussmaul's respirations are seen in DKA to correct which blood ph imbalance?
What is metabolic acidosis?
Excessive hair grwoth, moon face presentation, and red striae on abdomen are clinical presentations of which endocrine disorder?
What is Cushing's disease?
Name the disease process which has marked leukocytosis and culture reveals staphylococcus aureus.
What is osteomyelitis?
Diazepam IM or PR is given as a medication during what nurological event and time?
What is a seizure lasting greater than 2 minutes?
In assessing a fracture, what does The Six Ps acrynym include?
What is Pain/point of tenderness,
Pallor Pressure
Pulselessness
Paresthesia Paralysis
Name three sick day management priorities for a child with Type 1 Diabetes?
What are monitoring blood glucose levels, don't stop taking insulin, and continue to force fluids.
What is the Hemoglobin A1C threshold of concern for pediatrics?
What is 6.5%
Daily Double:
Describe 5 nursing management tools for a patient with DKA.
What is:
Glucose monitoring q15
Insulin infusion/titration
Electrolyte monitoring
IV management
Dextrose management
Education