Term
| WHAT IS DIABETES INSIPIDUS? |
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Definition
| IT IS AN INABILITY TO CONCENTRATE URINE BECAUSE OF A DEFICIENCY OF ADH. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATIONS OF DIABETES INSIPIDUS? |
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Definition
| INCREASED URINATION, INCREASED THIRST, NOCTURIA, DEHYDRATION, HYPERNATREMIA. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR DIABETES INSIPIDUS? |
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Definition
| MAINTAINING FLUID/ELECTROLYTE BALANCE AND SYNTHETIC VASOPRESSIN ADMINISTRATION (DDAVP) |
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Term
| WHAT ARE NURSING CONSIDERATIONS FOR A CHILD WITH DIABETES INSIPIDUS? |
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Definition
TEACH PARENTS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DIABETES INSIPIDUS.
ADVICE PARENTS TO WATCH CHILD CLOSELY FOR SIGNS OF DEHYDRATION
THE CHILD MUST HAVE FREE ACCESS TO WATER AND TOILETS. |
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Term
| WHAT IS SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE? |
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Definition
| EXCESSIVE ADH THAT RESULTS IN INCREASE FLUID RETENTION. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATION OF SIAH? |
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Definition
| EDEMA, WEIGHT GAIN, DECREASED URINARY OUPUT, HYPONATREMIA, HEADACHE, VOMITING, CONFUSION, SEIZURES AND COMA. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE NURSING CONSIDERATIONS FOR SIAH? |
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Definition
WEIGHT BABY DAILY
ASSESS BABY'S LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
MONITOR FLUID/ELECTROLYTE BALANCE
GIVE FOOD WITH HIGH SODIUM CONTENT BUT NOT SALTY FOOD BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE INFANT THIRSTY. |
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Term
| WHAT IS DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 1? |
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Definition
| DEFECT IN CHROMOSOME 6, THE PANCREAS CANT MAKE INSULIN. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATIONS FOR DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 1 |
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Definition
| 3 P'S, POLYURIA(INCREASE URINE), POLYDIPSIA(ALWAYS THIRSTY), POLYPHAGIA(ALWAYS HUNGRY) |
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Term
| WHAT ARE NURSING CONSIDERATIONS FOR DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 1? |
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Definition
PROMOTE NORMAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
MAINTAIN AN AGE APPROPRIATE LIFESTYLE
INSULIN THERAPY
DIET AND EXERCISE |
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Term
| WHAT IS A HONEYMOON PHASE FOR DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 1 |
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Definition
| SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS DISAPPEAR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. |
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Term
| WHEN IS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO TAKE BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL? |
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Definition
| WHEN THE PATIENT WAKE UP, WAIT A LITTLE TIME PAST BEFORE TAKING GLUCOSE LEVEL. BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL IS LOW BECAUSE HORMONES USES UP GLUCOSE FOR NORMAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONS. IT IS CALLED THE DAWN PHENOMENON. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATION FOR DIABETES MILLETUS TYPE 2? |
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Definition
ACONTHOSIS NIGRONS, DARK MARKS AROUND THE NECK AND THIGH.
CAN BE CAUSED BY OBESITY, FAT CELLS KILLS THE RECEPTOR SITE OF INSULIN. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2? |
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Definition
| DIET CONTROL, INSULIN THERAPY AND METFORMIN. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA? |
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Definition
| TREMBLING, SWEATING, TACHYCARDIA, PALLOR AND CLAMMY SKIN. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HYPERGLYCEMIA? |
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Definition
| INCREASED THIRST, INCREASED URINATION, FATIGUE, WEIGHT LOSS AND BLURRED VISION. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE OF AN INSULIN PUMP? |
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Definition
ADVANTAGE: YOU DONT HAVE TO HAVE REPEATED INJECTION.
DISADVANTAGE: ALWAYS CONNECTED TO THE MACHINE ALL THE TIME. |
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Term
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Definition
SUGAR LEVEL FOR THE LAST 3 MONTHS.
0-6 YEARS SHOULD BE BELOW 7.5
6-12 YERS SHOULD BE BELOW 8
>12 SHOULD BE LESS THAN 7 OR 7.5 |
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Term
| WHAT IS DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA OF THE HIP? |
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Definition
| IS A CONDITION WHICH THE HEAD OF THE FEMUR IS IMPROPERLY SEATED IN THE ACETABULUM |
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Term
| WHAT ARE MANIFESTATIONS OF DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA OF THE HIP? |
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Definition
POSITIVE ORTALANI TEST
INABILITY TO FLEX THE THIGH OUT, ABDUCT
HARD TO DIAPER BABIES
EXTRA THIGH FOLD
ASSYMETRICAL GLUTEAL FOLD.
DOWNSTAIRS GAIT. LOL |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR HIP DYSPLASIA? |
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Definition
PAVLIK HARNESS. FROG LEG POSITION.
ONLY FOR 3 MONTHS OLD
SPICA CAST. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE NURSING CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPICA CAST? |
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Definition
AVOID STOOL OR URINE FROM GOING IN THE CAST.
WATCH FOR SKIN IRRITATIONS.
TEACH PARENTS NOT TO HAVE SMALL TOYS THAT WILL FIT IN THE CAST. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR EPIPYSIS FRACTURE IN AN INFANT? |
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Definition
| RETRACTION OR SPICA CAST. PINS ARE CONTRAINDICATED TO PROMOTE BONE GROWTH. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE PRIORITY RISK FOR TRACTIONS? |
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Definition
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Term
| WHAT IS THE TRACTION USED FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS |
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Definition
BRYANT'S TRACTION. FEET AND LEG IS UP, WEIGHT PULL IS BY THE HEAD.
THE BUTT SHOULD BE HANGING TO HAVE THE COUNTER TRACTION. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE INDICATION OF A SPIRAL FRACTURE? |
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Definition
| GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BONE. INDICATION OF CHILD ABUSE. |
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Term
| WHAT IS LEGG-CALVE PERTHES DISEASE? |
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Definition
| AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATION FOR LEGG-PERTHE DISEASE? |
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Definition
PAINFUL LIMP. LIMITATION OF MOTION.
MRI SHOWS NECROSIS. |
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Term
| WHAT IS A SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS? |
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Definition
| IS A CONDITION THAT AFFECTS THE UPPER FEMORAL GROWTH PLATE. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE NURSING MANAGEMENT AND THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS? |
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Definition
SURGERY,PIN OR SCREW INSERTED ACROSS THE GROWTH PLATE TO SECURE THE FEMORAL HEAD AND PREVENTS FURTHER SLIPPAGE.
WEIGHT CONTROL, TEACH ABOUT GOOD NUTRITIONAL HABIT. |
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Term
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Definition
LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE, CAN BE GENETIC OR ACQUIRED.
A PATIENT WITH CEREBAL PALSY CAN ACQUIRE SCOLIOSIS.
CAN AFFECT RESPIRATION. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR SCOLIOSIS? |
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Definition
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Term
| WHAT IS JUVENILE ARTHRITIS? |
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Definition
| AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. REMISSION AND EXACERBATIONS OF JOINT SWELLING WITH LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION ACCOMPANIED BY PAIN, TENDERNESS AND INFLAMMATION. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE MANIFESTATION OF JUVENILE ARTHRITIS? |
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Definition
| JOINTS MAY APPEAR PAINFUL, STIFF, SWOLLEN, WARM TO TOUCH AND WITH LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT OF JUVENILE ARTHRITIS? |
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Definition
| PRESERVING OF JOINT FUNCTION, CONTROLLING INFLAMMATION AND REDUCING THE IMPACT OF THE DISEASE ON THE CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT |
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Term
| WHAT IS OSGOOD-SCHALTER DISEASE? |
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Definition
| INFLAMMATION OF THE TIBIAL TUBERCLE AS THE SITE OF PAIN |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE MANIFESTATIONS FOR OSGOOD-SCHALTER DIEASE? |
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Definition
| PAIN DURING SQUATTING AND STANDING UP |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE NURSING CONSIDERATIONS FOR OSGOOD-SCHLATER DISEASE? |
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Definition
LIMIT PAIN THAT IS AGGRAVATED BY ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRES KNEELING, RUNNING OR CLIMBING STAIRS.
INABILITY TO SHIFT FROM SQUATTING TO A STANDING POSITION WITHOUT PAIN IS SIGNIFICANT. |
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Term
| WHAT IS OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA? |
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Definition
| DEFECT IN THE COLAGEN PART OF THE BONE, INHERITED DISEASE. "BRITTLE BONE" |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATION FOR OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA? |
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Definition
| BLUE SCLERA OF THE EYE, EXCESSIVE BONE FRAGILITY AND DISCOLORED TEETH. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE NURSING CONSIDERATIONS FOR BRITTLE BONES? |
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Definition
TEACH PARENTS HOW TO HANDLE INFANT
AVOID JUMPING AND RUNNING.
NO CURE. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE 3 KINDS OF SPINA BFIDA? |
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Definition
1. SB OCCULTA- HIDDEN
2. SB MENINGOCELE- HERNIA OF THE MENINGES
3. SB MENINGOMYOCELE-HERNIATION OF THE MENINGES AND THE SPINAL CORD. |
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Term
| CHILDREN WITH SPINA BIFIDA ARE HIGH RISK FOR DEVELOPING WHAT KIND OF ALLERGY? |
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Definition
| LATEX ALLERGY DUE TO FREQUENT CATHETERIZATION AND SURGERY. |
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Term
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Definition
| IT IS WHEN THERE IS AN IMBALANCE OF PRODUCTION AND ABSORPTION OF CSF. THIS CAUSES FOR THE VENTRICLES TO DILATE AND COMPRESSING THE BRAIN TO THE SKULL. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATION OF HYDROCEPHALUS? |
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Definition
| ENLARGE HEAD, BULGING EYES, SUTURES ARE FUSED, HIGH PITCH CRY, SUNSET EYES (.)(.), CHERUBIC EXPRESSION(EYEBROWS ARE PULLED UP), CHILD HAS A HEAVY HEAD AND DIMINISHED RELFEXES. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT FOR HYDROCEPHALUS? |
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Definition
VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT.
***SHUNT TUBE SPIRALS AT THE END TO ANTICIPATE GROWTH**** |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE MANIFESTATION FOR DOWN SYNDROME? |
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Definition
| SIMEAN CREASE (KATE HAS THIS), SHORT PINKY, SLANTING EYES, PORTRUDING TONGUE, SHORT HANDS, MENTAL RETARDATION, PLEASANT PERSONALITY (NEVER CRY), HYPOTONIA (RELAX MUSCLES) |
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Term
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Definition
| IMPAIRMENT OF THE MOTOR FUNCTIONS. |
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Term
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Definition
| REFERS TO INJURY OF THE BASAL GANGLION. UNCONTROLLABLE MOVEMENT OF ALL EXTREMITIES. |
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Term
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Definition
| THE AFFECTED AREA OF THE BRAIN IS THE CORTEX. CAUSING THE CHILD TO HAVE SUDDEN JERKS, UNABLE TO RELAX MUSCLES. |
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Term
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Definition
| AFFECTED AREA OF THE BRAIN IS THE CEREBELLUM. THE CHILD IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH GAIT. LOSS OF COORDINATION, EQUILIBRIUM AND KINESTHETIC SENSE. CHILD APPEARS TO BE CLUMSY |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE NURSING INTERVENTIONS FOR CEREBRAL PALSY? |
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Definition
PREVENT INFECTIONS
PROMOTE REPETITIVE MOVEMENT SO THAT NEW PATHWAYS FROM THE BRAIN CAN DEVELOP NEW MOTOR FUNCTIONS.
INTRATHECAL BACLOFEN, SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANT. |
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Term
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Definition
SUDDEN LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, ABNORMAL MOVEMENT
TONIC AND CLONIC MOVEMENT. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT CAUSES CONVULSIONS? |
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Definition
| HIGH FEVER IN NEONATES, METABOLIC DISEASES, HYPOCALCEMIA, DURGS AND POISON, HEART DISEASE. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE NURSING CARE DURING A SEIZURE? |
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Definition
OBSERVE THE CHILD AND HOW LONG THE SEIZURE LASTS.
PROTECT THE CHILD FROM INJURY, LOOSEN CLOTHING AT THE NECK AND TURN THE CHILD ONTO THE SIDE.
DO NOT RESTRAIN OR PUT ANYTHING IN THE CHILDS MOUTH
RECORD THE BEHAVIOR AND WHICH BODY PART IT STARTS |
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Term
| WHAT ARE SOME CAUSES OF CEREBRAL PALSY? |
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Definition
| HYPOXIA AT BIRTH AND BRAIN DAMAGE IN UTERO |
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Term
| WHAT IS A GRAND MAL SEIZURE? |
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Definition
| SEIZURE WHERE PATIENT GOES UNCONSCIOUS AND HAS TONIC AND CLONIC MOVEMENT. |
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Term
| WHAT IS A PETIT MAL SEIZURE? |
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Definition
IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS
EX: FAILING AT SCHOOL BUT CHILD IS VERY SMART. |
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Term
| WHAT IS JACKSONIAN SEIZURE? |
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Definition
SEIZURE WHERE PT IS AWAKE THAT HE'S GOING TO HAVE A SEIZURE.
EX: STARTS WITH A FINGER THEN PROGRESSIVELY SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE BODY. |
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Term
| WHAT IS PSYCHOMOTOR SEIZURE? |
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Definition
IT CAN BE PARTIAL OR COMPLEX.
PARTIAL SEIZURE CONSIST OF MOTOR, AUTONOMIC OR SENSORY SYMPTOMS.
COMPLEX PARTIAL MAY BEGIN WITH OR WITHOUT AN AURA. SEE PG 1489 |
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Term
| WHAT IS AN INFANTILE MYOCLONIC SEIZURE? |
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Definition
INFANT THAT HAS MUSCLE RELAXATION.
INFANT RANDOMLY DROPS HIS HEAD, CHILD IS CLUMSY. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE THE 3 CRITERIA OF A GRAND MAL SEIZURE? |
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Definition
MUST HAVE ALL 3
1. AURA: THEY KNOW RIGHT BEFORE SEIZURE STARTS
2. SEIZURE
3. POST ICTAL LETHARGY, THEY SLEEP AFTER SEIZURE. |
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Term
| WHAT ARE NURSING INTERVENTIONS FOR A PATIENT WITH EPILEPSY? |
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Definition
SAFETY
AVOID OVERHYDRATION
KETOGENIC DIET - DIET THAT RESULTS IN A SLIGHT ACIDOSIS, BUT CAN PREVENT EPILEPSY.
CHOCOLATE, MILK, HIGHT FAT FOODS. |
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Term
| WHAT IS DECEREBRATE POSTURE? |
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Definition
| ABNORMAL EXTENSION OF THE UPPER EXTREMITIES WITH INTERNAL ROTATION OF THE UPPER ARMS AND WRISTS. |
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Term
| WHAT IS A DECORTICATE POSTURE? |
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Definition
| ARMS ARE FLEXED ONTO THE CHEST. |
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Term
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Definition
| IT IS CONTAGIOUS, INFLAMMATORY PROCESS THAT RESULTS IN THE FORMATION OF A PUSTULAR LESION. |
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Term
| WHAT IS DIAPER DERMATITIS? |
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Definition
| IS A CONTACT DERMATITIS FROM IRRITANTS SUCH AS MOISTURE, FRICTION AND CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE MANIFESTATION AND TREATMENT FOR DIAPER RASH? |
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Definition
| PINKISH RASH IN PERINEAL AREA THAT FADES AS IT LEAVES PERINEAL AREA. THE TREATMENT FOR DIAPER RASH IS ZINC OXIDE, DESITIN |
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Term
| WHAT IS THRUSH/MONILIASIS? |
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Definition
| IT IS A YEAST INFECTION COMMONLY IN INFANTS. CONTRACTED FROM DIRTY NIPPLES (EWWW) OR POOR HYGIENE. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE MANIFESTATION AND TREATMENT FOR THRUSH/MONILIASIS? |
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Definition
WHITE DOTS USUALLY IN THE MOUTH OR TONGUE.
THE TREATMENT IS ORAL NYSTATIN. ADMINISTER IN BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUTH AND SWALLOWED. |
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Term
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Definition
| ITS PIN POINT RASH USUALLY BETWEEN THE SKIN FOLDS OF AN INFANT. |
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Term
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Definition
| A GROUP A BETA HEMOLYTIC INFECTION THAT COULD LEAD TO HEART DAMAGE. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE MANIFESTATION OF SCARLET FEVER? |
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Definition
ENANTHEM- RASH ON MUCUS MEMBRANE (GUMS, MOUTH AND PALATE ARE BRIGHT RED)
EXANTHEM- RASH ON SKIN, FACE IS RED, BUT AROUND THE MOUTH IS PALE. |
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Term
| WHAT IS THE TREATMENT FOR SCARLET FEVER? |
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Definition
| IF A THROAT CULTURE IS POSITIVE, 10 DAY PENICILLIN. |
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Term
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Definition
| WHEN THE HEAD IS FLEXED THE KNEE WILL GO UP. |
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Term
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Definition
| ITS WHEN EXTENDING THE LEG THAT CAUSES PAIN. |
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Term
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Definition
| ITS WHEN THE INFANT IS RESISTING WHEN MOVING THE HEAD TOWARDS THE CHEST. |
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