Exam 4 Flashcards
What is the definition of overweight in children?
85-95% BMI percentile
What is the definition of obese in children?
Over 95% BMI percentile
True or false - you classify babies by birth weight and gestational age.
True
What is precocious puberty in a male?
Before age 9
What is precocious puberty in a female?
Before age 8
What is delayed puberty in a male?
No evidence of puberty by 14
What is delayed puberty in a female?
No evidence of puberty 13 or no menarche by 16
Describe Tanner Stages for the female.
2: breast budding and sparse hair
3: continued breast enlargement, darker, courser, curlier hair
4: areola and papilla form a secondary mound, adult type hair but decreased distribution
5: mature female breasts and adult hair
Describe Tanner Stages in a male.
2: Enlargement in testicles and change in texture, sparse pigmented hair
3: growth in length and circumference, darker courser curlier hair
4: develop glans penis, darkening of scrotal skin, adult hair, decreased distribution
5: adult
What is the HEADS mnemonic for psychosocial screening?
H: Home E: Education, Eating A: Activities, Affect D: Drugs S: Sexuality, Safety
What are the aspects of guided questioning?
- Open ended to focused
- Eliciting a graded response
- Asking a series of questions one at a time
- Offering multiple choices
- Clarifying what the patient means
- Encouraging with continuers
- Echoing
What are the three parts of a plan?
- Diagnostic
- Therapeutic
- Education
What are reasons to admit a patient to the hospital?
- Concerned about a life threatening diagnosis
- Unstable condition like hypotension
- Need IV medication
- Unable to tolerate anything by mouth (vomiting/dehydration)
- Social reason (safety)
- Psych
- Treatment not available at home
- Failure to respond to appropriate outpatient regimen and getting worse
- Isolation
What is the mnemonic for admitting orders?
ADC
VAAN
DISML
What are the first three steps of admitting (ADC)?
- Admitting
- Diagnosis
- Condition
What are the next 4 steps of admitting (VAAN)?
- Vital signs
- Activity
- Allergies
- Nursing
What are the last 5 steps of admitting (DISML)?
- Diet
- IV fluids
- Special orders
- Medications
- Lab tests
What is heard best with the diaphragm?
- High pitched sounds (S1, S2, midsystolic click, AR, MR)
What is heard best with the bell?
- Low pitched sounds (S3, S4, MS)
Which is longer, systole or diastole?
Diastole (usually)
What is S1?
Closing of mitral and tricuspid valves (beginning of systole)
What is S2?
Closing of aortic and pulmonic valves (beginning of diastole)