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D.Dressler Neuro/Musculo
Semester 3
44
Nursing
Professional
08/09/2015

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By 6 years old child
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Walks like an adult
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Child has fractured arm priority assessment is
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Check pulse
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Open fracture bone
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Breaks skin
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Fiberglass use
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Palms of the hand
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Parent teaching for child in cast
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Wiggle fingers
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With constipation altered
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Bowel elimination
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Skeletal fraction is invasive and there can be
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Redness, swelling, drainage, fever, temp. check q4hrs.
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Bryants traction at risk for
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Volkmans iskemia
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With bryants traction you wanna check skin for
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Irritation from traction equipment
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Osteomyelitis infected by
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Staph aureus
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S/S of osteomyelitis are
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Fever
Pain
Pseudoparalysis (afraid to move)

Long term 4-6 weeks antibiotics
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S/S of muscle dytrophy
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Flaccid muscle
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With the gowers sign you need to maintain
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Upright position
Support/w hands+knees

Shortened life expectance
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With juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when rising use
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Warm compress
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Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis can go away +
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Return subside and return
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Scoliosis screening is
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Pt. bends over and doctor/nurse feels spine for curvature
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Milwaukee brace child wears how long
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23 hours a day
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People in a milwaukee brace has what type of body problem
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Body image problem
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If glasgow scale is 13 pt. is
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AAOx3
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With neurochecks when using penlight the pupils should
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Constrict
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Hydrocephalus you need to do what to the head
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Measure
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With head circumference in hydrocephalus when increased
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BP increase
P decrease
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BP shunt to perineum
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If happening do head circumference
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With the VP shunt you have to lay baby
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Flat and gradually increase HOB
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With spina bidia folic acid does what
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Decreases incident
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Myleomenigocele has a visible
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Sac
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With myleomenigocele surgery can be done in utero and fluid can be
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Replaced with amniotic fluid
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With cerebral palsy there is
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Weakness of the muscle
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You have to stabilize the
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Mandible when feeding child
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With seizures what do you do for a high fever
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Teppid sponge bath
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With petit mal you can
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Hardly see symptoms
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A ketogenic diet is
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Increase fats and protein but decrease amount of carbs
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Make environment safe during
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Seizures
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During a seizure you never
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Leave or walk away
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With seizure at the bedside
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You always keep 02 and suction nearby
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With reyes syndrom a major s/s is
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Persistent vomiting and diarrhea
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Meningitis may be
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Viral or bacterial
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What type of isolation will pts. who have meningitis be on
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Respiratory meningitis
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With meningitis HIV vaccine does what
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Decrease risk
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If pt has irregular respiration's and have meningitis
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Report immediately
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With head injuries you focus
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On concussion
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The person with a head injury cannot
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Remember what happened
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Child with a head injury you put in a quiet room to
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Decrease risk of seizure
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With head injuries you give no pain meds because you
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Need to know whats going on
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