Infection
The nurse observes a child with a red, swollen, painful skin bump, fever, and possible purulent drainage. What should the nurse consider as a potential cause?
What is Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (CAMRSA)?
The nurse educates parents that pancreatic enzyme supplements should be given at this specific time to improve digestion and nutrient absorption.
What is before meals and snacks?
Pain, tenderness, or redness noted in a umbilical hernia.
What are signs of an incarcerated umbilical hernia?
When a burn wound becomes infected with this condition, it presents with multiple small superficial abscesses and can cause significant damage to skin-grafted areas.
What is burn impetigo?
A newborn fails the initial hearing screen. The nurse explains that further testing is required because early detection of hearing loss is critical for this area of development.
What is speech and language development?
The best way to prevent chickenpox in children is through which method?
What is the varicella vaccine
A nurse assesses a child post-tonsillectomy and notices frequent swallowing, restlessness, and pallor. The nurse recognizes this as a possible sign of this complication.
What is postoperative hemorrhage?
This condition can occur concurrently alongside thrush and should be treated as well.
What is diaper rash?
To prevent sunburn and other skin injuries in a child prone to sunburn, the nurse would recommend these actions to the family.
What are sunscreen, protective clothing, and avoiding peak sun hours?
A nurse is teaching a parent how to administer ear drops to their 2-year-old. The nurse demonstrates pulling the ear in this direction to straighten the ear canal.
What is pulling the pinna down and back?
A child with scabies will have burrows in these common areas of the body.
What are the hands, wrists, armpits, waistline, and between the fingers?
The nurse educates parents of a newborn this non-pharmacologic intervention is the best way to help loosen mucus and ease breathing at home.
What is using a cool mist humidifier and nasal suctioning with saline drops?
This positioning technique after feedings minimizes reflux by using gravity and preventing intra-abdominal pressure.
What is elevating the infant's head 30 degrees or holding them upright for 30-45 minutes?
These strategies can can be taught to parents to help prevent burn injuries in children. (3)
What are keeping the hot water heater temperature lower than 120°F, testing bath water temperature before bathing children, keeping children away from open flames, stoves, and candles, cooking with pots on the inside of the stove with handles turned in, keeping children away from the stove while cooking, placing hot liquids out of reach, avoiding drinking hot beverages while holding a child, keeping curling irons out of reach, teaching older children how to safely exit the house in case of fire, practicing fire drills, teaching children to “stop, drop, and roll,” modeling safety practices, supervising in the kitchen, and educating children about fire safety?
A toddler presents with a painful, swollen upper and lower eyelid, red sclera, eye drainage and fever. The nurse recognizes this condition as a bacterial infection requiring systemic antibiotics.
What is periorbital cellulitis?
This highly contagious viral illness causes a cough, coryza, and conjunctivitis along with Koplik spots before a widespread rash develops.
What is rubeola (measles)?
Parents of high-risk infants may be prescribed this monthly injection during RSV season to help prevent severe infection.
What is palivizumab (Synagis)?
A child postop with Hirschsprung disease has fever, abdominal distention, rectal bleeding, straining and explosive stools, signaling this possible complication.
What is enterocolitis?
This type of bacterial infection is most commonly seen in children and is caused by Staphylococcus aureus or group A β-hemolytic streptococcus.
What is impetigo?
Chronic otitis media with effusion can cause this type of hearing loss, which may impact language development.
What is fluctuating conductive hearing loss?
This viral infection is characterized by a high fever followed by a blanching maculopapular rash that starts on the trunk and spreads outward.
What is roseola?
What is the absence of breathing for longer than 20 seconds, often accompanied by bradycardia?
What is apnea in infants?
If a child is struggling with withholding behavior or pain during bowel movements, the nurse educates the family to use this strategy to promote positive behavior.
What is using a reward system like stickers or extra playtime?
This type of hypersensitivity is often associated with atopic dermatitis, leading to an increased risk of asthma and allergic rhinitis in affected children.
What is Type I hypersensitivity (IgE-mediated)?
The use of this diagnostic test helps detect fluid behind the eardrum, often seen in otitis media with effusion.
What is tympanometry?