Infant
When an artery that pushes blood out to the lungs is stiff, small, and narrow.
What is pulmonic stenosis
What is thermal burns
What does Freud's phallic stage mean for the preschooler?
What are:
1. increasing awareness of gender and sexuality
2. may ask questions
3. may explore their body
School agers are in the stage of industry vs inferiority. This stage is characterized by..
What is self worth from involvement in acitvities
Impairment of blood flow, inflammatory response increases permeability of the blood brain barrier.
What is traumatic brain injury?
What are:
1. Improve cardiac function
2. Decrease excess fluid volume
3. Improved tissue oxygenation/decrease oxygen consumption
4. Decrease cardiac demand
5. Maintain nutritional status
6. Family support
After the initial vasoconstriction, the inflammatory response will result in inflammation. Resulting in vasodilation and increasing _______.
What is cell permeability
The two components of the lower urinary tract
What are bladder and urethra
The most common cause of asthma triggers in school age children.
What is colds?
When caring for an adolescent with a chronic illness, this is the top nursing priority.
What is patient education to manage the health condition?
What are the 5 most important symptoms of congestive heart failure?
1. Tire easily
2. Irritability
3. Diaphoresis
4. Tachycardia
5. Tachypnea
Name 2 of the signs of autism
What are:
1. abnormal social approach
2. failing to initiate or response to social interactions
3. reduced eye contact and body language
4. difficulty sharing imaginative play or in making friends
5. repetitive motor movements
Retrograde backflow of urine from the bladder into the kidneys
Asthma is in control when...
What is no interference with normal activities?
What are the two most important health promotion topics for adolescents?
What are driving and substance use?
Name 3 of the 6 main S&S of a Right to Left cardiac shunt
What are:
- Tachycardia
- Tachypnea
- Poor growth
- Murmur
- Frequent respiratory illness
- Diaphoresis
In the first 24-48hrs of a burn, fluid and plasma shift out of the vascular space into interstitial space and there is a decreased circulating volume... this increases risk for?
Hypovolemic shock
Name 3 of the 9 contributing factors to child abuse
what are:
1. Lack of parenting skills
2. Immature parents
3. Parents with negative childhood experiences
4. Social isolation
5. Alcohol and/or drug use in the home
6. Manufacture of drugs, marijuana grow operations, drug trafficking, or other illegal activities in the home
7. Family violence in the home
8. Frequent family crisis
9. Unrealistic expectation of the child's behavior and capabilities
Which asthma medication does the nurse administer to provide quick relief?
Salbutamol
After a MVA on a 17year old male, during the nurses head to toe assessment she finds the pedal pulse is absent on the R lower extremity. What is the first action the nurse should take?
What is notify the physician?
Name 5 of the 9 S&S of a Right to Left shunt
What are:
1. poor perfusion
2. prolonged cap refill
3. poor urine output
4. pale/mottled/cyanosis (TET spells)
5. GI issues
6. Pulmonary edema
7. CHF
8. Polycythemia
9. Clubbing
?
What 5 things increase with severe burns?
What are:
1. Increased metabolic needs
2. Increased corticosteroid levels
3. Increased energy expenditures
4. Increased cardiac work
5. Increased myocardial O2 need
Name 2 of the RED FLAGS in a renal function assessment
What are:
1. Atypical urination patterns
2. Edema
3. Easily fatigued/lethargy
4. Irritable
5. Decreased appetitie
What are
1. Inhaled corticosteroids like flovent or pulmicort (2-3 days to work)
2. Leukotreine receptor agonists (taken at night, for preschoolers triggered by colds)
3. Oral corticosteroids (prednisone, dexamethasone) (effective in 4hrs, not for regular treatment tho)
1. Learn more about medications and doses
2. Continue well established treatment routines
3. Understand what tests are done each year and why
4. Have the info necessary to make healthy choices about work, friends, drinking, and smoking
5. Monitor medication and supplies and order more when needed
6. Independently call the primary health provider health changes
7 .Independently make ongoing follow-up clinic appointments