Endocrine
Diabetes Insipidus is caused by dysfunction of the secretion of this hormone
What is Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)?
The medication(s) a nurse will anticipate being used to relieve puritis for pediatric patients with chicken pox.
What are oral and/or topical antihistamines?
A child born with this facial defect is at risk of nutrition deficit.
What is cleft lip and/or cleft palate?
What is cellulitis?
This device helps deliver the full dose of a rescue inhaler for children.
What is a spacer?
Diabetes Mellitus is caused by the reduced or absent secretion or response to this hormone.
What is insulin?
What is Pertussis?
This organism is the most common UTI pathogen in children.
What is Escherichia coli (E.coli)?
Standing and stagnant water is used as a breeding ground for these biting insects.
What are mosquitos?
This type of room is a priority for a patient diagnosed with TB.
What is a Negative-Pressure room?
A priority concern for children with hypothyroidism in school aged children
What are slowed growth rates and delayed puberty? T3 and T4 affect all tissues of the body including cells that produce protein, regulate heart rate and oxygenation, bone and brain cell growth and development.
Mothers who have been diagnosed with HIV should not do this when caring for their newborn infants.
What is breastfeed?
Intense pain the the right lower quadrant (RLQ) is a hallmark symptom of this gastrointestinal disorder.
What is appendicitis? (RLQ pain can be accompanied by n/v and low grade fever?
This autoimmune disease of the skin condition is characterized by dry, itchy, scaly plaques on the arms elbows, shins, knees or scalp.
What is Psoriasis?
A child with this blood disorder my exhibit the following symptoms while at rest:
mild hypoxia, pallor of the skin, fatigue, increased respiratory rate, increased heart rate.
What is Iron Deficiency Anemia?
When a hormone producing endocrine gland is damaged or removed, the patient should be educated about what type of therapy.
What is hormone replacement therapy? When pituitary, thyroid, pancreatic or other hormone producing glands are damaged or removed a patient may need lifelong medication to supply the hormones that cannot be secreted naturally.
Children under 4 who are recovering from acute cystitis my regress in the area of this previously acquired skill.
What is toilet training? They may require positive reinforcement to recover this skill over time.
Projectile vomiting is a hallmark symptom of this gastrointestinal disorder.
What is Pyloric Stenosis?
This is the biggest risk factor for burns in children.
What is a lack of supervision?
A 9 year old child who had an SpO2 of 90%, respiratory rate of 24, HR of 115 and BP of 109/67 upon initial assessment was given 2 puff of his albuterol rescue inhaler 20 min ago. On re-entry of the patient's room for reassessment this non-vital sign action by the patient can indicate the patient has improved.
The patient is sitting calmly and talking to the parent?
Non- genetic factors that increase the risk of development of DM2 during puberty.
What are males with a history of obesity?
The name of precautions used for infections that can be spread by working with patients who have respiratory secretions that may be infective within 3 feet.
What are Droplet precautions?
Name one common antibiotic treatment used for UTI.
What are:
1. Cephalexin
2. trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole
3. Amoxicillin-clavulanate
A nurse should expect this lab test for an infected animal bite.
What is a wound culture?
This blood disorder can be exacerbated by temperature extremes, illness/infection, physical and emotional stress.
What is Sickle Cell Disease? (exacerbation is called Sickle Cell Crisis).