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Fall final
2009
102
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05/02/2009

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Sedating, not first choice, usually used in combination with other anticonvulsants.
Definition
What are Primidone (Mysoline) and Phenobarbital considerations
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Sedation, Blood dyscrasia, liver toxicity, and rapid withdrawal is dangers.
Definition
What are Clonazepam (Klonipin) and Diazepam (Valium) considerations
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Blood dyscrasias, hepatotoxicity, gingival hyperplasia, with folic acid deficiency give with milk, sedation, and monitor drug levels.
Definition
What are Phenytoin (dilantin) considerations
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Baseline labs, monitor plasma levels cause drowsiness.
Definition
What are Carbamazepine (Tegretol) considerations
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Not given with antacids, single therapy, and increase seizure threshold.
Definition
What are Gabapentin (Neurontin) considerations
Term
Basline labs, absence, monitor levels, valproic acid, and sedation.
Definition
What are Depakote (Divalproex Sodium) considerations
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Piaget's stage for ages 7-11.
Definition
What is Concret operations
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Piaget's stage for ages 0-2.
Definition
What is sensorimotor
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Piaget's stage for 11-16.
Definition
What is Formal Operations
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Piaget's stage for 2-7.
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What is preoperations
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Little or no ability to see things out of their immediate vicinity.
Definition
What is the Sensorimotor stage
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Child will cover their eyes so they can't see someone and think that that person can't see them either.
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What is the Preoporational stage
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Able to formulate hypotheses and then test them against reality. Thinking is abstract formulating outcomes.
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What is the Formal operations stage
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Overcome the aspects of rigidity. Put items in height order, differential between two similar items, realizing something has similar properties even though it appears different.
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What is the concret operations stage
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Order of infant toddler Vital Sign measurement
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What is 1. Count respirations. 2. Count apical HR. 3. Measure BP (if applicable). 4. Measure temperature
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Widely used standardized measuring tool that the examiner has to be trained to use for interpretting test.
Definition
What is the Denver Developmental Screening Test II
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Sharp abdominal pain, episodic/intermittent, vomiting, lethargic, current jelly stool, mass in RUQ
Definition
What is Intussusception
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Checking I and O, skin turgor, mucus membrain (lips), small amounts of liquids frequently, check fontenelle if applicalbe
Definition
What are nursing nursing considerations for Gastroenteritis
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Absents of bowel sounds, distention newborn will not have first BM w/in 24 hours, not hungry, loose stool, cramping, constipation, delayed growth, fever, vomiting
Definition
What are the s/s for Hirschsprung disease.
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If this disease is not too severe, patient may get the MMR and Vericella vaccines.
Definition
What is HIV
Term
This interupts virus replication at a later step in its life cycle
Definition
What is protease inhibitors (Viracept, Nelfinavir)
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Nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
Definition
What are Viramune, nevirapine
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Interrupt at an early stage of the virus making copies of itselt
Definition
What is Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (Retrovir, Zidovudine (formerly AZT)
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Lowers blood glucose maintaining a stable range. Makes it possible for a glucose to enter cell for synthesis. Glucose to Glycogen
Definition
What is what does insulin do
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Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue
Definition
What are Tissues that require insulin for glucose transport
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Cortisol, epinephrine, and glucagon
Definition
What are hormones released during physical and emotional stress that are counter regulatory to insulin
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Consequence of cellular malnourshment when insulin deficiency prevents utilization of glucose for energy
Definition
What is Polyphagia (hunger)
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For a diabetic, the calories that should come from Carbs fats and proteins.
Definition
What are 50-55 Carbs, 25-30 Fats, and 10-20% proteins
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Slurred speech, irritability, headache, too much exercise without food, cold and clammy skin, and changes in vision
Definition
What is Hypoglycemia
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Headache, nausea, vomiting increased dietary intake, precipitated by stress, changes in vision
Definition
What is hyperglycemia
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Hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, ketoacidosis, and hyperosmolar nonketosis
Definition
What are acute complications of diabetes
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Lumpectomy, modified radical mastectomy, radical mastectomy, and reconstruction
Definition
What are Breast Cancer surgeries
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A conservative surgery removing one of few LNs after injection of dye
Definition
What is Sentinel Node Biopsy
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Vitals at lowest point, most pschological restorative period 15-30 minutes
Definition
What is stage 4 nonREM Deepest sleep
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Floating feeling, Vital signs continue to declining, sound sleep, 10-20 minutes
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What is stage 2 nonREM sleep
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Lightest level of sleep, vitals beginning to decline within 5 minutes
Definition
What is stage 1 nonREM sleep
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Don't move much, difficult to wake, deep sleep, 15-30 minutes
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What is stage 3 nonREM sleep
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Increased brain activity, vivid dreams dominate this stage, emotional well being, long term memory storage, lasting up to 1 hour. 1,2,3,4,3,2,REM,2,3,4,3,2,REM
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What is REM sleep
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24 hour diurnal biorhythm, biological clock. Impacting RP, pulse, hormonal secretions and sensory activity
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What is Circadian rhythm
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Maintain wakefullness, stiumlated by thoughs, emotions, and sensory input (Brain stem, spinal cord, and cerebral cortex)
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What is RAS (reticular activating system)
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Activity in this area increases when you sleep (Medulla)
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What is BSR (Bulbar synchronizing Region)
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When autonomic and motor activity abruptly begin during sleep
Definition
What are parasomnias
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The clients vital signs are significantly lower than normal, the nurse understand this is normal when the client is in the stage of sleep
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What is stage 4 of the sleep cycle
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State of sleep characterized by slow wave, high voltage brain electrical activity
Definition
What is Delta sleep
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Sleep disorder characterized by rhythmic muscle contractions (particularly of the leg and foot) during sleep.
Definition
What is nocturnal myoclonus
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State of inactivity and subsequent subjective refreshment
Definition
What is rest
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Graphic record of electrical activity occuring within the brain
Definition
What is an EEG (electroencephalograph
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Graphic record of electrical activity produced by muscle contractions
Definition
What is an EMG (electromyogram)
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Graphic record of eye movement
Definition
What is an EOG (electrooculogram)
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The motion of chewing
Definition
What is mastication
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The motion of chewing
Definition
What is mastication
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Tube feeding
Definition
What is enteral feeding
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Where the most significant absorption takes place in the body
Definition
What is the small intestine
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Breakd down of body tissue (or food) into smaller substances for energy
Definition
What is catabolism
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Why we need a dietary intake of vitamins
Definition
What is to maintain body function
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Nutrition administered into the vascular system via central line
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What is parenteral nutrition
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Water, carbs, protein, fats, vitamins minteral
Definition
What are the 6 essential nurtients
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the return of the uterus to the nonpregnant state
Definition
What is involution
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The phase the mother is in the first 20-48 hours postpartum
Definition
What is the dependent phase
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The 5 factors that affect the process of labor and birth
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What are Passenger (fetus and placenta), Passageway (birth canal), Powers (Contractions), Position of the mother, and Psychologic response.
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The three lies of the fetus in utero
Definition
What are longitudinal, transverse, and oblique (diagonal)
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Relation of the fetal parts to each other. Flexed (vertex), military (sinciput), partial extension, fully extended (brow)
Definition
What is the Attitude of the fetus
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This is the of labor that lasts from full dilation to the birth of baby
Definition
What is Second stage of labor
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Diameters at plane of pelvic inlet, midpelvis, and outlet, plus axis of the birth canal
Definition
What are the determining factors whether vaginal birth is possible and how the fetus will pass down birth canal
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Fetus turns head to line up with shoulders
Definition
What is restitution
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Engagement, descent, flexion, internal rotation, extention, restitution, and external rotation, and expulsion of the infant
Definition
What are the cardinal movements of labor
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Up to 3 cm dilation
Definition
What is the latent phase of stage one labor
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4-7 cm of dilation
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What is the Active phase of stage one labor
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8-10 cm dilation
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What is the Transitional phase of stage one labor
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Determine presentation of fetus externally
Definition
What is Leopold's maneuvers
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Women should use this method while bearing down several times during a contraction
Definition
What is the Open-Glottis pushing method
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The urge to push reflex
Definition
What is the Ferguson reflex
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Bacterial form of croup, inflammation of the epiglottis, most frequently between ages 2-5 years, with abrupt onset, usually in winter, and considered an emergency situation
Definition
What is Epiglotitis
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The way to confirm diagnosis of epiglotitis we use this
Definition
What is a lateral neck film
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While supporting the body with the hands, the child thrusts the chin forward and opens the mouth in an attemtp to widen airway
Definition
What is the pod positoin
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Inflammation of the larynx, trachea, and bronchi, the most common type of croup, may be viral or bacterial, most frequently occurs in children younger than 5 years, and characterized by gradual onset that may be preceded by an URI
Definition
What is Laryngotracheobronchitis
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Administer coticosteroids, acetaminophen, bronchodilators, humidified oxygen, bebulized epinephrine, and antibiotics.
Definition
What are interventions for Laryngotracheobronchitis
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Infection of the major bronchi, may be referred to as tracheobronchitis, usually occurs in association with and URI, mild sefl limiting disorer, causative agen most often viral.
Definition
What is Bronchitis
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Acute viral infection, maximum effect at bronchiolar level, most concern for children less than 2 , occurs more often in winter and spring
Definition
What is RSV (Respiratory syncytial virus)
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Immune globulin G prevention
Definition
What is RSV IGIV, and IV preparation which provides antibodies against RSV, monthly infusion
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onoclonal antibody, palivizummab, montly IM injection for RSV prevention
Definition
What is synagis
Term
Erickson
Definition
What is psychosocial development
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Piaget
Definition
What is Cognitive development
Term
0.25mg/day in water
Definition
What is flouride
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Eustacian tube problem, worse in winter months, may be preceeded by a URI
Definition
What is Otitis Media
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cough more frequent at night, short and rapid flollowed by sudden inspiration with high pitched crowing sound or "whoop"
Definition
What is Pertussis
Term
Group A beta hemolytic streptococci, spread by contact or droplet, enlarged tonsils, red with patches of exudate, tongue coated, fever, tachycardia, vomit, H/A, chills, abdominal pain
Definition
What is Scarlet Fever
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Koplik spots, droplet contact spread, fever coryza, isolation, rest, cool mist, contagious 4 days before rash until 5 days after rash has appeared
Definition
What is Measles
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Most common parasitic pathogen in the US usually water borne, transmit person to person, water, soil, food, puppies. Causing diarrhea, failure to thrive, vomiting cramps.
Definition
What is Giardiasis
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Head lice, very common in school age children, spread by very close head to head contact lice do not jump or fly lice prefer clean hair.
Definition
What is Pediculosis
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Bacterial infection usually caused by step or staph, very contagioius common in toddlers and preschool effects face, mouth, nose, exudate forms in thick yellow crust
Definition
What is Impetigo
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fungal infection often though of as a worm infection. Treated with tinactin ointment as well as oral meds
Definition
Tinea (ringworm)
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The state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely abscense of disease (WHO)
Definition
What is definition of HEALTH
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Foundation for a healthy family, health promotion and sisease prevention
Definition
What is Anticipatory Guidance
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Number of deaths in a specific instance
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What is mortality
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Prevalence of specific insance/1000 acute illlness, chronic disease, or disability
Definition
Morbidity
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Increased RBC when born production slows for few months usually peaking around 2-3 months
Definition
What is Physiologic anemia
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When RBC stores are completely depleted and not restored
Definition
What is Iron deficiancy anemia
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High extracellular fluid, ADH is not fully functional, this predisposes infant to
Definition
What is Dehydration
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Erikson...crucial element is quality of parent child relationship and care the infant receives.3-4 months
Definition
What is Trust vs. Mistrust
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Erikson...crucial element is quality of parent child relationship and care the infant receives.3-4 months
Definition
What is Trust vs. Mistrust
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Obstuction of pyloric sphincter and hypertrophy of circular muscle, more common in males, unknown cause, projectile vomiting, olive shap mass, surgery
Definition
What is pyloric stenosis
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