module 9

Question 1

Three chronic conditions affecting Australian children highlighted as national priority areas in the AIWH report are:

Answer 1

asthma diabetes cancer

Question 2

The newborn has a tiny stomach that stretches very little during the first 24 hours of life.14 The full-term newborn’s stomach can hold:

Answer 2

• Day 1: 5-7 mL/feed
• Day 3: 22-27 mL/feed
• Day 10: 60-81 mL/feed

Question 3

Gillick competence

Answer 3

“The minor is capable of giving informed consent when he or she achieves a sufficient understanding and intelligence to enable him or her to understand fully what is proposed.”

Question 4

Opioids

Answer 4

relieve pain mainly by action in the CNS, binding to opioid receptor sites in the brain and spinal cord. Morphine and fentanyl are two of the most common opioid analgesics utilised in paediatric pain management.

Question 5

opioid antagonist

Answer 5

Naloxone is an opioid antagonist; it reverses the sedative, respiratory depressive and analgesic effects of opioids.