Pediatric Nursing Demystified

Muscle weakness or paresis (may indicate nutritional deficit) or extreme asymmetry of strength in extremities, hands, and finge ...

Other serum/blood assessments specific to systems reveal adequacy or deficit in organ function. For example: AST, ALT (elevated ...

Warn the child that the needle injection will cause a brief pain that will pass quickly. Encourage the child to look away from ...

Communication is critical to obtain information from and relay infor- mation to the child and family in the process of assessin ...

(^48) Pediatric Nursing Demystified Iynuoma, age 11, has been admitted for observation. Which are the key consid- erations for ...

CHAPTER 3/ Pediatric Assessment^49 Hypertelorism is noted during the initial examination of a 3-year-old African American boy. ...

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PART Systematic Exploration of Pediatric Conditions and Nursing Care II ...

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CHAPTER Head and Neck: Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat 4 Learning Objectives At the end of the chapter, the student will be able to ...

Overview The head and neck regions of the body are the centers for most of the major senses of the body: vision, hearing, smell, ...

CHAPTER 4/ Head and Neck: Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat^55 Strabismus What Went Wrong? Malalignment of the eyes (cross-eye) with ...

Acute Conjunctivitis What Went Wrong? The cause of the inflammation of the conjunctiva often varies depending on the age of the ...

Administer ophthalmic medication after cleansing of eye to reduce eye contamination. Client and parent teaching Instruct pare ...

equalize pressure within the middle ear. Because the eustachian tube is shorter, straighter and wider, and more horizontal in th ...

Tympanometry may detect lack of movement of the tympanic membrane due to pressure buildup. Culture of drainage is used to dete ...

Nose Most pediatric conditions of the nose are discussed in Chapter 5 on respiratory conditions. Nose bleeds (epistaxis) can occ ...

Treatment Apply pressure to the nose for a minimum of 10 minutes (thumb and forefinger to the bridge of the nose). Clotting fa ...

Teach the child and family to manage nosebleeds through the following actions: Instruct child to sit up and lean forward. Appl ...

Test Results Radiograph: Caries between teeth and in fissures are typically noted by radiograph. Treatment Prophylaxis/preventi ...