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atraumatic care - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔do no harm
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prevent and minimize child's separation from family
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promote a sense of control
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prevent/minimize pain and bodily injury |\ |\ |\ |\




family-centered care - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔families |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



are supported in their care
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decisions and needs of all members are considered
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nurse-family partnership |\




empowerment


core concepts of family-centered care - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔family strengths |\ |\




trust and respect
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choices
support
flexibility
collaboration
information-sharing

,preparing child and parent for procedure - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔give child a job |\ |\ |\ |\




lots of praise
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prepare the child and keep developmental stages in mind
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allow child to manipulate equipment before procedure
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give parent time to ask questions alone, discuss how child
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may respond, offer guidance on what parent can do,
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reinforce role of support |\ |\ |\




health promotion maintenance - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔hospital: bed alarm, siderails, arm bands, hugs tags, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



back to sleep, anti-skid socks
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home: babyproofing, back to sleep, keep meds out of
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reach, battery safety, toilet locks, magnets, covering
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outlets, keep weapons out of reach, put gates at stairs
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roles of the nurse - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔preparing
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child/parent for procedure |\ |\




health and safety promotion
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health teaching and healthcare planning
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anticipatory guidance (based on developmental stage) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




family advocacy |\




therapeutic relationship building |\ |\




ethical decision making |\ |\

,culturally responsive care |\ |\




maintenance fluid requirement (MFR) formula - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



ANSWERS ✔✔100 ml/kg for the first 10 kgs |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




50 ml/kg for the second 10 kg
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20 ml/kg for each kg over 20 kg
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MFR is the amount of fluid in 24hrs required to maintain
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fluid needs |\




calculating urine output - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔healthy |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



infants/children make 3-4 ml/kg/hr |\ |\ |\




minimum for infants/children is 1 ml/kg/hr |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




adolescent minimum is 0.5 ml/kg/hr |\ |\ |\ |\




adult (over 40 kg) = 30 ml/hr minimum
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nervous system in children - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔incomplete cortical function |\ |\




intact but immature ANS |\ |\ |\




at 8 months infants have less than 1/2 of the myelin
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sheath so impulses are slower and less predictable
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infants may not look flushed when they have a fever, for
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example |\




temperature control measures are less developed |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

, skull is not rigid, fontanels are open (anterior fontanel is
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open longer and provides information on ICP and
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hydration)
soft and flat = normal
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sunken = dehydrated |\ |\




bulging = IICP |\ |\




neuro status: assess activity level, LOC, quality of cry
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(high-pitched cry = insult to nervous system) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




cardiovascular system in children - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



✔✔the younger the child, the more RR and HR vary with
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illness
breaths to heart ratio is 1:4 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




increased HR during inhalation and decreased HR during |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



exhalation
prolonged tachycardia = decompensation of the heart |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



muscle
radial pulse isn't reliable until at least 6 years old, need to
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check apical pulse (smaller blood volume and less
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developed left ventricle) |\ |\




lower BP d/t small left ventricle, immature nervous
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control, low body mass, check infant's BP on the popliteal
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pulse
normal findings: pink mucous membranes and nail beds,
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generally consistent skin color (acrocyanosis is only |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\

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