Children and Adolescents Flashcards
What does confidentiality mean for the primary care visit?
- discuss confidentiality
- include terms of confidentiality
- privacy
Does HIPAA protect adolescents?
yes to a certain degree
- confidentiality does not include any reports about wanting to self harm or harm others
What are the warning signs and risky behavior?
- mental health history
- attempts at self harm
- home environment
- incarceration
- substance abuse
- isolation
- persistent depression
- changes in everyday behavior
- suicide of a close friends or relative
What are possible signs of suicide?
- isolation
- making “jokes” about suicide
- giving away possessions
- change in school performance
- neglecting personal appearance
- problems focusing
- verbal hints
- alternating between extreme cheerfulness and depression
What is the Tanner Scale?
breast development and puberty scale
- Stages 1 to 5
What is Osgood-Schlatter Lesion?
a painful condition in growing adolescents, characterized by pain and swelling below the kneecap, often caused by repeated stress on the growth plate where the patellar tendon attaches to the tibia
What is Polydactyly?
a condition where a person is born with extra fingers or toes
What is Syndactyly?
a condition in which children are born with fused or webbed fingers
