Ch 13
The defect in this congenital heart condition prevents blood from flowing correctly to the lungs for oxygenation.
What is pulmonary stenosis?
This type of play involves toddlers playing next to, but not with, other children.
What is parallel play?
What type of sporting injury is most common in adolescent football players?
What is concussion?
School-age children are in this Piaget stage of cognitive development.
What is the concrete operational stage?
This common chronic respiratory disorder in children causes bronchospasm and airway inflammation.
What is asthma?
This term describes a situation where oxygenated and deoxygenated blood mix due to a cardiac defect.
What is a septal defect (e.g., VSD/ASD)?
Before surgery, the most appropriate time to teach a preschooler about the procedure is this.
What is shortly before the procedure (1–2 days prior)?
Adolescents develop this type of thinking, allowing abstract reasoning.
What is formal operational thinking?
Children under 4 foot 9 inches should ride in a __________
What is a booster seat?
An acute lower respiratory infection causing inflammation of the bronchioles in infants, often due to
What is bronchiolitis?
For a child with a cardiac defect who tires easily with feeding, the nurse should recommend this feeding strategy.
What is small, frequent feeds?
This type of play is common in preschoolers and involves interaction without rules.
What is associative play?
The adolescent’s Erikson stage is this.
What is Identity vs. Role Confusion?
A school-age child refuses to attend school due to fear of failure after missing classes. The nurse should first assess for this developmental concern.
What is risk for feelings of inferiority?
The nurse recognizes this sign as an early indicator of respiratory distress in infants.
What is nasal flaring or grunting?
A cyanotic cardiac lesion characterized by right‑to‑left shunting and leading to “tet spells” is this.
What is Tetralogy of Fallot?
A toddler suddenly becomes withdrawn and refuses to eat during hospitalization after previously crying loudly for parents. This stage of separation anxiety is this.
What is despair?
The 3 leading causes of death in adolescence
What are motor vehicle accidents, suicide and homicide?
A child complains of a stomach ache only on days of school. This is known as a _______ symptom
What is somatic?
In suspected pneumonia, the nurse auscultates lungs to identify this sound indicating consolidated lung tissue.
What are crackles?
This condition involving narrowing of the aorta can cause high blood pressure and diminished lower‑extremity pulses.
What is coarctation of the aorta?
Toddlers commonly experience this eating behavior characterized by food refusal and limited variety.
What is physiologic anorexia (picky eating)?
The HEADSS assessment screens adolescents for these areas of risk.
What are Home, Education/Employment, Activities, Drugs, Sexuality, and Suicide/Depression?
Peer relationships are important because they promote this developmental outcome.
What is a sense of competence (industry)?
This chronic genetic respiratory disorder leads to thick mucus production and frequent infections.
What is cystic fibrosis?