Anemia
Cream of wheat, boiled egg yolk, liver, leafy green vegetables, crushed nuts
What are good food sources of iron?
Cool, mottled, cyanotic skin and slowing of all body processes
What are the physical changes that occur with impending death?
Easy bruising and slowed blood clotting
What are the classic symptoms of idiopathic (immunological) thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)?
"white" "blood"
What is leukemia?
Enlargement of the spleen
What is splenomegaly?
Used with ferrous sulfate drops for administration to aid in absorption
What is orange juice?
Family members that need to be included in plan of care because they can feel neglected and lonely.
Who are brothers and sisters?
What is a hematoma?
What is hemophilia?
Hemorrhage into the joint cavity
What is hemarthrosis?
9 and 24 months
What are the two ages where the highest incidence of iron-deficiency anemia occur?
Thinks death is temporary
What is a preschooler's response to a sibling's death?
It is transmitted by symptom-free females.
What is hemophilia A?
Health care providers who specialize in the treatment of tumors
What are oncologists?
What is Sickledex?
This medication is not recommended for children with sickle cell disease because of the risk of normeperidine-induced seizures.
What is Meperidine (Demerol)?
Families should be made aware that hearing is the last sense to stop functioning before death.
What important focus of nursing care for the dying child and the family should the nurse implement?
Rest, ice, compression, elevation
What would be included when following a traditional approach to care for a child who with hemarthrosis who has a diagnosis of hemophilia?
A malignancy of the lymph system that primarily involves the lymph nodes
What is Hodgkins lymphoma?
This service provides trained workers who come into the home for brief periods of time to relieve parents of the responsibility of caring for the child.
What is respite care?
Tarry, green/black
What is the stool description of infants who are taking oral iron supplements?
Bargaining, denial, remorse, anger, acceptance, depression
What are the stages of dying as detailed by Kubler-Ross (1975)?
Petechiae, purpura, ecchymosis, hematoma
What are skin assessments that would alert the nurse to bleeding for a child with a low platelet count?
Can be life threatening to a child who is immunosuppressed
What is chickenpox?
A factor IX deficiency
What is Christmas disease?