What are diarrhea (watery/greasy/mucus), weight loss (malabsorption), weakness?
100
Children with this illness spike a sudden high temperature 3-5 days before a pale, pink maculopapular rash appears on the trunk-face-neck-extremities. It primarily affects the 6-24 month age group.
What is roseola?
100
This contaigious disease begins is characterized by honey crusted lesions found commonly on the face and hands.
What is impetigo?
100
symptoms of this disorder include intense itching a night, primarily to the finger/toe webs, axilla, palms, and wrists.
What is scabies?
200
A large, tender mass on the scalp with purulent discharge.
What is a kerion?
200
The most common type of transmission for intestinal parasites.
What is fecal oral transmission?
200
This contaigious disease includes an incubation period of 12-25 days and symptoms of low grade fever and unilateral or bilateral parotid gland swelling.
What is mumps?
200
These are two complications of GABHS Scarlet Fever/Strep Throat.
What are acute rheumatic fever (1-3 weeks post infection), and acute glomerulonephritis (8-14 days post infection)?
200
These are two triggers for the flare up of the inflammatory/autoimmune disorder of psoriasis.
What are stress, infection, hormonal changes, drugs, trauma to the skin.
300
Client teaching for this disorder should include keeping the nails short, feet dry and avoiding public showers.
What is tinea pedis?
300
Client teaching for the prevention of intestinal parasites.
What is keep nails short and excellent hand hygiene?
300
Called the "slapped cheek" illness, this disorder begins with a mild case of flu-like symptoms before the reddened cheeks appear. Then comes a lacey pink rash that can last 1-3 weeks and is seldom itchy.
What is Fifths Disease (Erythema Infectiosum)?
300
The longest stage of the pertussis illness that includes coughing spasms at night accompanied by stridor and the characteristic "whooping".
What is the paroxysmal stage?
300
This is when the 5 year old child with varicella may return to school.
What is when the lesions are crusted?
400
Client teaching for a client who has been prescribed Griseofulvin for the treatment of tinea capitis should include this.
What is to take the medicine with fatty foods, such as whole milk or peanut butter.
400
A priority nursing diagnosis for a 72 year old client diagnosed with Giardia?
What is risk for fluid volume deficit.
400
The pink, maculopapular rash of this illness begins on the face and spreads to the neck, trunk and legs. It is especially harmful to pregnant women.
What is Rubella (German Measles)?
400
This is when a 7 year old may return to school following a diagnosis of strep throat.
What is after 24 hrs of antibiotics?
400
This lesion develops on the trunk and appears as a red plaque with scaling to the center. It precedes the secondary eruption of the inflammatory disorder of pityriasis rosea.
What is a Herald Patch?
500
capitis, cruris, corporis, pedis
What are four common types of tinea infections?
500
The medical terminology for a wingless insect infestation that looks like dandruff and causes intense pruritis.
What is pediculosis capitis?
500
The patient teaching for a 13 year old diagnosed with mononucleosis
What is return to school when fever is gone, no contact sports for 4 weeks (or until no HSM and normal LFTs), bedrest during the acute phase.
500
These are 3 common risk factors for the development of otitis media.
What are daycare, smokers in the home, bottles/pacis at night, male gender, allergies, formula fed babies, cleft lip/palate, downs syndrome.
500
This is the client teaching necessary for a client diagnosed with scabies and prescribed 5% Permethrin.
What is to apply from the chin down all over and leave on overnight (8-14 hours). Wash off in the morning. Possibly, repeat in 7 days if symptoms persist.