Pediatrics Nursing Concepts Exam #1 Questions and Verified
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, Normal pediatric respiratory breaths/min
<1 year: 30-58
1-3 years: 22-37
4-5 years: 20-28
6-12 years: 18-25
13-18 years: 12-20
Normal pediatric heart rates (awake)
Newborn: 100-205
Infant: 100-180
Toddler: 98-140
Preschool: 80-120
School-age: 75-118
Adolescent: 60-100
How do vaccines work?
Contain antigens that are recognized and digested by macrophages.
Helper T cells recognize the antigen on surface of macrophage, and they activate other
immune responses, like B cells and cytotoxic T cells.
Some become memory B and T cells that will recognize the antigen again.
Normal resp rate for infant
30-60 breaths per minute