Musculoskeletal
Therapeutic management of strains, sprains, and dislocations.
What is RICES?
Three signs/symptoms of a blood transfusion reaction.
What are change in vitals, itching, rash, flank pain, shortness of breath, sense of impending doom?
Honey and corn syrup should not be given to children under the age of one due to increased risk of which disease?
What is botulism?
Accumulation of cerebral spinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.
What is hydrocephalus
Fracture in which the bone protrudes through the skin.
What is open or compound?
Symptoms include change in vision, change in eye alignment and cats eye reflex.
What is retinoblastoma?
Gower sign is indicative of which disease process.
What is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Isolation precaution necessary for a client with bacterial meningitis.
What is droplet?
Congenital disease characterized by bone degeneration and bone deformity.
What is osteogenesis imperfecta?
Signs and symptoms include lethargy, low grade fever, flu-like symptoms, unexplained bruising, activity intolerance.
What is leukemia?
Includes a visible external defect containing CSF and neural elements.
What is myelomeningocele?
Generalized seizure characterized by a brief loss and return of consciousness, generally not followed by a period of lethargy.
What is an absence seizure?
At least four of the six P's when assessing for a fracture.
What are pain, pallor, pulselessness, paresthesia, paralysis, and pressure?
Two nursing considerations when hanging chemo
Four clinical manifestations of cerebral palsy.
What are high pitched cry, low muscle tone, persistent primitive reflexes, irritability, feeding difficulties?
Four signs of increased intracranial pressure.
What are bulging fontanel, high pitched cry, distended scalp veins, headache, vision changes, vomiting, lethargy, seizure?
Three clinical manifestations of developmental dysplasia of the hip.
What are unequal gluteal folds, positive Ortolani and Barlow tests, shortened limp on affected side, Trendelenburg sign, and waddling gait?
Syndrome affecting all formed elements of the blood. Treatment includes bone marrow transplant.
What is aplastic anemia?
Two nursing considerations for an infant with spina bifida.
Keep prone, bladder/bowel, keep sac moist, bonding, risk of infection
Medication to be avoided in children due to increased risk of Reye Syndrome.
What is salicylic acid?