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when performing a physical assessment on a child, a knowledgeable nurse would focus on ____ to make the assessment more comfortable and efficient?
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minimizing anxiety, fostering a trusting relationship, allowing for maximum preparation, preserving the essential security of the parent child relationship, and maximizing the accuracy and reliability of assessment findings
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when sequencing assessment and positioning newborn what are important points to remember?
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conserve heat, uncover only necessary parts; begin with respiratory and cardiac areas, then follow head to toe sequence, assess eyes, ears, mouth & throat last
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when sequencing and positioning infants and toddlers for assessment what are important points to remember?
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same as with new born but may be conducted in mom's lap; make like play time
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when sequencing and positioning preschoolers for assessment what are important points to remember?
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follow the same as for toddlers, parent needs to be present--allow child to touch and hold equipment before use, give choices. Leave genitalia for VERY last
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when sequencing and positioning school aged children for assessment what are important points to remember?
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use head to toe technique, do not treat as small adults, but not like a "baby" either. incorporate teaching at this age.
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when performing a physical assessment on a child, a knowledgeable nurse would focus on ____ to make the assessment more comfortable and efficient?
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minimizing anxiety, fostering a trusting relationship, allowing for maximum preparation, preserving the essential security of the parent child relationship, and maximizing the accuracy and reliability of assessment findings
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when sequencing assessment and positioning newborn what are important points to remember?
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conserve heat, uncover only necessary parts; begin with respiratory and cardiac areas, then follow head to toe sequence, assess eyes, ears, mouth & throat last
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when sequencing and positioning infants and toddlers for assessment what are important points to remember?
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same as with new born but may be conducted in mom's lap; make like play time
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when sequencing and positioning preschoolers for assessment what are important points to remember?
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follow the same as for toddlers, parent needs to be present--allow child to touch and hold equipment before use, give choices. Leave genitalia for VERY last
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when sequencing and positioning school aged children for assessment what are important points to remember?
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same as pre school
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a new nurse takes a radial pulse on a 1 1/2 year old and the pulse is 90 bpm, is this normal?
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the nurse shouldnt take a radial pulse on a child less than 2 years of age
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a child has a temperature of 100.1 * F (rectally), is this something to be concerned with?
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100.4*F rectally is considered febrile, but 100.1 is something to watch.
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at what age should the infant be able to hold his head erect and midline?
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by age 4 months
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what is the AP diameter in pediatric PT"s?,
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in infancy it may be 1=1 and gradually increases until it reaches adulthood when it is 1=2
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where would you check a newborns CRT?
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Check newborns +2 months of age, check CRT on sternum or top of head
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what color are newborns eyes?
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gray or blue
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firm abdomen in children. Is this good or bad?
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bad
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what is an umbilical hernia?
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an outie
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