What you might Have
Treatment
Nursing Diagnosis
Pediatric Mood Disorders
100

At 1 AM your 7 year old son calls in in a panic insisting you pick him up from his first sleep over being to scared to sleep there.  this behavior is a symptom of what disorder 

Separation anxiety disorder

100

The first line choice of meds for this disorder are Alpha Agonists Clonidine and Guanfacine.

Tourette's

100

A child even after many attempts to dissuade them from doing so try's to ride a lunch tray down a set of stairs.  what nursing diagnosis and disorder follow this behavior

Risk for injury paired with ADHD

100

A child with ADHD with lots of energy may be diagnosed with what mood disorder.

Bipolar Depresion

200

Your Papa often forces you to do things and needlessly and unfairly uses his authority causing fights and power struggles between you two, what disorder may come of this.

Disruptive Behavioral Disorders

200

Symptoms like periods of Intense Euphoria, energy, Increased motor activity and lack of sleep contrasted with periods of anhedonia, feelings of hopelessness and suicidal ideations may interfere with the treatment of witch childhood disorder.

ADHD, meds may cause a manic episode 

200

Two boys on the unite continue to become physically aggressive due to there Low frustration tolerance.  they have different disorders.  what could they be 

ASD and Tourette's

200

What Mood disorder often manifest more as anger and frustration in teens as apposed to it typical symptoms.

Depression

300

You and your partner who, Has an above average IQ, has trouble and often withdrawals from Social situations and Struggles with sensory overload in crowded places may expect your child to develop what.

Autism spectrum Disorder 

300

Side effects of medications to treat what two disorders include unusual facial and tongue movements, and weight gain

Autism, Tourette's syndrome 

300

A child that is overly stubborn, gets into fights with his peers, Is overly negative and often has temper tantrums has Social impairment and Defensive coping because of an under developed ego.  what are we dealing with. 

Oppositional Defiant Disorder.

300

Regardless of young age what assessments need to be done for children brought to an ER or PCP for a mood disorder

Suicide Assessment

400

A young man comes to the mental health unit with physical symptoms like bruising on his arms and a chronic neck pain from jerking his head to the side.  He suffers from social isolation stating he is just tired of explaining why he's doing these odd things.  what might he have.

Tourette's 

400

A child is diagnosed with ASD at there PCP and the family wants to know possible ways they can help there child cope with there autism.  what therapies would the nurse recommend.

Applied behavioral analysis, Speech and occupational therapy, possibly therapy for the family

400

A child with ASD is going to the store with their family when all of a sudden a parade passes them on the street with music and yelling and confetti flying through the air.  This child may cope by witch behavior and nursing diagnosis.

Risk for Self Mutilation 

400

It is possible for children 3 and under to experience depression, how would you know this is happening.

Feeding problems, Tantrums, lack of playfulness.

500

A 16 year old comes to the ER with Tachycardia, anxiety, he has been abusing his meds and even buys more from his friends at school.  What disorder his he diagnosed with. 

ADHD

500

A young lady has been struggling with paying attention class and organizing anything in her life.  usually her symptoms are well managed but have been getting worse for the past few months.  what dose she need.

A drug Holiday from her ADHD meds.

500

Why would a child with ADHD have the ND low self-esteem.

Constant negative feed back from teachers and other adults for acting out and not focusing on tasks.

500

A child with depression is supposedly prescribed amitriptyline.  Why would the nurse Question this.

Children can only have Fluoxetine and 

Escitalopram