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| List two Contraindications to live virus immunization |
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Definition
| Immunocompromised Child or a child in a house hold with an immunocompromised individual |
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Term
| List three classic signs and symtpoms of measles |
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Definition
| Photophobia, Confluent rash that begins on the face and spreads downward, and koplik spots on the buccal mucosa |
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Term
| List the s/s of iron deficiency |
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Definition
| Anemia: pale conjunctive, pale skin color, atrophy of papillae on tongue, brittle ridged or spoon shaped nails, and thyroid edema |
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Term
| Identify food sources of vitamin A |
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Definition
| Liver, sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach, peachs and apricots |
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Term
| What disease occurs with Vitamin C deficiency? |
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Definition
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Term
| What measurements reflect present nutritional status? |
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Definition
| Weight, skinfold thickness, and arm circumference |
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Term
| List S/S of dehydration in an infant? |
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Definition
| Poor skin turgor, absence of tears, dry mucous membranes, wt loss, depressed fontanel and decreased urinary output |
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Term
| List laboratory findings that can be expected in a dehydrated child |
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Definition
| Loss of bicarbonate/decreased serum pH, loss of sodium (hypoatremia), loss of potassium (hypokalemia) elevated Hct, elevated BUN |
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Term
| How should burns in children be assessed? |
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Definition
| By using the Lund-Browder chart, which takes into account the changing proportions of the childs body |
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Term
| How can the nurse best evaluate the adequacy of fluid replacement in children? |
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Definition
| By mointoring urine output |
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Term
| How should a parent be instructed to child proof a house? |
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Definition
| By being taught to lock all cabinets, to safely store all toxic household items in locked cabinets and to examine the house from the childs point of view |
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Term
| What interventions should the nurse perform FIRST in caring for a child who has ingested a poison? |
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Definition
| Assessment of childs respiratory, cardiac and neurologic status |
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