Signs and Symptoms
What is a common symptom of water intoxication for a child with diabetes insipidus?
Lethargy
Having OCD puts patients at greater risk for this disorder.
Depression
What is a gateway substance?
Substance that can lead to the use of stronger drugs
What type of precautions are necessary when caring for a child with varicella?
Airborne
A patient is taking tetracycline for an STI. What information should the nurse stress about this medication?
Finish all of the medication
A person who is bulimic performs these actions.
Alternates binge eating with purging
How would you describe type 1 diabetes mellitus?
Insulin deficiency
What is important concerning the administration of levothyroxine?
It should be taken at the same time everyday.
RSV bronchiolitis requires this type of precautions.
Contact precautions
Why do you educate a child to use the side of the finger for blood glucose testing?
It has fewer nerve endings
Lethargy, sleeping most of the day, and snoring are characteristic s/s of this diagnosis.
Hypothyroidism
What role has the child of an alcoholic assumed if he tries to do everything perfectly?
Super coper
This classification of medications decreases the immune system, and makes the child more susceptible to an opportunistic infection.
Corticosteroids
How is hepatitis A contracted?
Ingesting infected food
What is an important education point for a child taking DDAVP for diabetes insipidus?
The child may need frequent bathroom breaks
What diagnosis may present with excessive dilute urine and drops in blood pressure?
Diabetes insipidus
What condition does the nurse suspect when a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus has high blood sugar, sweating, and headaches in the morning?
Somogyi phenomenon
What is a negative aspect of stimulants?
Why is it important for nurses to wear PPE when caring for a child that is placed in protective isolation?
PPE protects the child because they are at high risk for infection
How would a nurse educate a family on the inheritance pattern for Tay-Sachs disease?
It is autosomal recessive
How would the nurse document a rash that has red, circular, raised lesions?
Papular
What does it mean for a child to be in the prodromal stage of varicella?
The child has varicella but has not broken out yet
What substance do you expect has been used if a patient presents with slurred speech, ataxic gait, and is combative?
Alcohol
A child is allergic to eggs. Which vaccine would be contraindicated?
Influenza
What would the nurse include in a teaching session about childhood autism?
Significant signs manifest by 1 year of age