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This is the most common cause of hypovolemia in children.
What is dehydration?
A child presenting with excessive drooling, high fever, and in a sniffing position is most likely presenting with this emergent condition.
What is epiglottitis?
Signs of shock, decreased bowel sounds, and a rigid abdomen could be signs of this serious diagnosis.
What is a perforated appendix?
What are alpha and beta receptors?
This arrythmia is most common in children
What is a sinus arrythmia?
This assessment device is utilized on patients during sedation to detect hypoventilation.
What is capnography?
This scale is best used when 'facing' the challenge of assessing a toddlers pain
What is the 'Faces Scale'?
These are two of many strategies that can help build rapport and improve your subjective collection of data with a adolescent patient.
What is talking directly to patient in a private setting?
This is one of the more important pieces of information that nurses need to include in discharge teaching for a toddler going home in a cast.
What are signs of neurovascular compromise?
This is usually blamed for the reason why female infants are more likely to have UTIs than male infants
What is a shortened urethra?
Children rely on this as their main function to increase cardiac output.
What is an increased heart rate?
This respiratory condition is most common in younger children (<1 year).
What is bronchiolitis?
These are just some of the cases in which a child would require a BP as part of their assessment.
What is increased ICP, trauma, prematurity, renal conditions, organ transplant, chronic hypertension?
Children have a diminished response to this hormone. Causing a poor ability to concentrate urine when dehydrated.
What is the Anti-diuretic hormone?
This type of seizure is seen in simple febrile seizures.
What is a generalized seizure?
Gastroenteritis is primarily caused by this group of pathogens.
What are viruses?
A nurse may want to know more about these two medications often used to treat an acute diagnosis of croup.
What is epinephrine (nebulized) and dexamethasone (PO)?
These are just 3 of many triggers of an acute asthma attack in children.
What are: allergens, URTIs, exercise, weather, animals, environmental irritants, stress?
Fracture to this part of the bone can cause chronic disruptions in growth
What is the growth plate?
These strategies are seen as barriers to providing Family-Centered-Care in the ED.
What is overcrowding, acuity, lack of time, and lack of privacy.