Client history (Cont.):
nutritional assessment in, 35–36
psychosocial assessment in, 34
Clonic seizure, 201, 202
Clostridium tetani, 310
Clotting factors, 60, 126
Clubfoot, 295–296
CNS prophylactic therapy, for leukemia, 157
Coagulation, 126
Coarctation of the aorta (COA), 107–110
causes and mechanisms of, 107
nursing interventions for
with cardiac catheterization, 109
with cardiac surgery, 110
signs and symptoms of, 107–108, 108f
test results in, 108
treatment for, 109
Cohabitation family, 5
Cold, common, 87
Colitis, ulcerative, 248–249
Collagen diseases, 326
Comminuted fracture, 283
Common bile duct, 232
Common cold, 87
Common pathway, 128f
Communicable diseases, 21
Communicating hydrocephalus, 224
Communication
for client history, 33–34
culture and, 8
Communities, 6–9. See alsoFamilies
diversity issues in, 7–9
instability in, 6
social and economic factors in, 6
Community support resources, 3
Compartment syndrome, 285, 287
Complex partial seizure, 202, 203
Congenital hypothyroidism, 181–182
Congestive heart failure (CHF), 93–95
Conjunctivitis, acute, 56–57
Consolidation therapy, for leukemia, 157
Constipation, from chemotherapy, 154
Contact isolation
with diphtheria, 305, 306
withHaemophilus influenzaetype B, 307
with pertussis, 310
(^366) Index
Contact isolation (Cont.):
with poliomyelitis, 315
with varicella, 319
Contact lens, 54
Contrast dyes, 45
Contusion, 281–282
Convalescence, 303
Cooley anemia, 141
Corpus callosum, 199
Corticosteroids, vaccinations and, 305
Cortisol, 180
Corynebacterium diphtheria, 305
Crackles, 319
Cranial nerves, 201
Crohn disease, 237–239
Croup syndrome, 76
Crust, 327
Crutchfield tongs, 284
Cryptococcus neoformansmeningitis,
206
Cryptorchidism, 43
Cultural differences, 7–9
diet in, 9, 35
touch in, 8, 34
Cultural norms, 7
Cushing syndrome, 182–183
Cyanosis, 38
Cyst, 326
Cystic fibrosis, 84–85
D
Deferoxamine, 141
Demyelination, 209
Dental caries, 23, 62–63
Depression, in teens, 27
Dermatitis, 326–329
causes and mechanisms of, 326
nursing interventions for, 328–329
signs and symptoms of, 327–328
test results in, 328
treatment of, 328
types of lesions in, 326–327
Dermis, 326
Developmental characteristics. See alsoGrowth and
development
in child to teen, 26t