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Test 2 Infectious Diseases/Eyes&Ears Review Flashcards

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What are the stages of infectious disease (give a brief description)

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1) Incubation: time from organism first invading the body to first signs/symptoms
2) Prodromal: vague, general symptoms (so if on test she gives symptoms of fever, malaise fatigue then dingdingding it’s prodromal)
3) Illness: most severespecific signs and symptoms
(sometimes people add a stage here called decline)
4) Convalescence: no signs or symptoms

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What are 5 typical treatments for children that nurses need to be aware of when treating infectious disease?

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  1. antibiotics 2) antivirals 3) antipruritics 4) fever reduction 5) hydration***** HYDRATION BIGGEST ONE
    - so group them into the three major drugs we’ll administer (Antibiotics, Antivirals, Antipruritics)
    - and then and then think hot (fever reduction) and cold (hydration)
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When a nurse suspects an infectious disease in a patient, what are 4 important things to ask specific to this type of health assessment?

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1) recent exposure
2) immunization
3) history of any previous illness
4) symptoms
- think about when they could have been infected and using the others to try and figure out what it’s NOT

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Why is infectious disease so different for kids?

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  • developing immune systems and unhygienic habits
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What’s a full septic workup?

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it’s a group of tests that children admitted with fever to the hospital get like CBC, cultures from stool/urine/wound/throat, LP (lumbar puncture)

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What’s the biggest nursing intervention for managing fever?

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hydration!!!, other non-pharmacologic interventions include light-weight clothes, ice packs

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What group has a really high mortality rate due to sepsis? when do they get a septic work-up?

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neonates have a high mortality rate due to infection/sepsis

- get when fever trends OR with hypothermia and will get IV antibiotics until all cultures come back negative

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How is CA-MRSA spread?

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contact, droplet, blood, body fluids

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What body system is really important to assess in determining MRSA?

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integumentary b/c lesions/rashes will appear

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What type of infection is ScarletFever?

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Group A Strep

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What age range does Scarlet Fever typically infect?

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less than 18, mostly from 4-8 years of age

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How is Scarlet Fever spread?

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Droplet

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What are the signs/symptoms of scarlet fever?

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non-specific: fever, NV, chills, malaise
specific: rash 2-5 days after pharyngitis (so starts with sore throat usually then rash comes out/red tongue); rash is “sunburn-like”

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When is scarlet fever no longer contagious?

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after 24 hours of antibiotics

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What are the complications of scarlet fever?

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rheumatic fever, glomerulonephritis

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What type of antibiotic do we usually use for scarlet fever?

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Penicillin V unless allergic

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What is the vector for cat-scratch disease

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bacteria usually found in kitten saliva (though also in grown cats)

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What’s the incubation period of cat scrathc disease?

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7-12 days

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What’s a hallmark sign of cat scratch disease

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big pustule on skin with lymphadenopathy (swollen lymph nodes) for 5-50 days

just fyi general signs: low grade fever, anorexia, fatigue, headahce, sore throat

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what sort of education do we need to provide for cat scratch disease?

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how to use standard/contact precaution and prevention education which deals with care of cat bites and flea control

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What is another name for whooping cough?

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pertussis

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For what age group is pertussis very dangerous?

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children less than a year, more serious if less than 6 months

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What is the incubation period of pertussis?

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7-10 days

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What are the s/s of pertussis

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coughing spells of 1-4 weeks, starts with cold symptoms, a paroxysmal cough where they’re gasping for breath that can cause cyanosis
- secretions, secretions, secretions

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What's the vaccine used for pertussis? When are children required to get it?
Tdap booster | usually have to get it if older than 11, though 7-10 in undervaccinated populations
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What precautions do we use for pertussis?
droplet
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What are the main concerns for pertussis
airway and secretions/hydration
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What are the viral exanthems?
1) Rubeola 2) Rubella 3) Varicella 4) Exanthema Subitum 5) Erythema Infectiosum 6) Mumps - -- remember: these are making a comeback due to people refusing vaccinations
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What's another name for Rubeola
Measles
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is Rubeola contagious?
yes HIGHLY b/c spread by cough/sneeze droplets
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When is measles contagious?
3-5 days before rush until 4 days after rash
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What group is rubeola dangerous for?
can be fatal for
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What is a hallmark sign of rubeola? what are other symptoms
Koplik's spots, tiny spots on roof of mouth - general: fever, acute rhinitis, cough, conjunctivitis but another sort of specific one is seeing a red rash with large papules
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What is another name for Rubella?
German Measles
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How is rubella transferred?
1) direct or indirect with droplet, blood, urine, stool | 2) also transferred from mom to fetus resulting in miscarriage, fetal death, congenitial malformations
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When are you contagious with rubella?
7 days before rash until 7 days post rash
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What are the s/s of rubella
lymphadenopathy, rash, mild fever, mild pruritis....so pretty general and somewhat similiar to rubeola
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What's another name for chicken pox
varicella zoster
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How is varicella zoster transferred?
highly contagious via *** air-borne and nasopharyngeal secretion, ALSO mother to fetus just like rubella - any lesions that are un-scabbed are at risk for spreading disease
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When is varicella zoster contagious
1-2 days before rash then the lesions cruster over in 5-7 days
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What are the symptoms of varicella zoster?
the hallmark lesions plus some general stuff like fever, malaise though some more specific ones are TONS of itching and abdominal pain
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How many doses of the chickenpox vaccine and when does the CDC recommend?
2 doses, first dose at 12-15 months then second dose at 4-6 years of age
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what's another name for fifth disease?
erythema infectiosum
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How is erythema infectiosum transmitted?
droplet, blood-borne, also mother to fetus
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What are the symptoms like for erythema infectiosum?
hallmark: slapped cheek facial appearance, rash is lace-like | otherwise, they're pretty mild: main ones are low grade fever and upper repiratory symptoms 2 days before a rash appears
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When are children no longer contagious with erythema infectiosum/fifth disease?
one lace-like rash appears
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When dose fifth disease resolve?
1-3 weeks
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What can erythema infectiosum cause in sickle cell patients?
aplastic crisis
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What is another name for sixth disease
exanthem subitum OR roseola
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How is exanthem subitum transmitted?
through respiratory secretions
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When doese exanthem subitum usually infect children?
affects nearly all children by age 3
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What are the symtpoms of exanthem subitum/roseola?
3-5 day history of high fever yet does not appearl ill; a rash that's rose-colored blanches under pressure will begin on trunk and spreak to extremities -> important to know b/c diagnosis just based on clinical presentation
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What do children infected with mumps usually present with?
hx of exposure and LACK of immunization are 2 biggest indicators
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What are the sign/symptoms of mump
hallmark: parotid glands swollen general: low grade fever, anorexia, ear pain, pain with chewing in boys: more likely to have orchitis (ice packs to testicles with support)
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What type of precautions is mumps?
droplet for at least 9 days after swelling starts
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What is the most common vector-borne disease in US? from what?
Lyme disease, from deer ticks with 95% in Northeast
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What age group has highest incidence of Lyme disease
5-10 year olds
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How is Lym disease treated?
over 8: doxycyline | under 8: amoxicillin
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What are the S/S of Lyme Disease?
hallmark: rash that's a bull's eye target general: arthralgia migraines, fever, malaise * ** remember: this can become chronic and last a lifetime
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What's important education for Lyme Disease?
tick removal whenever go out in woods
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What type of illness is rocky mountain spotted fever and what's the vector?
rickettsial illness from dog and rocky mountain wood ticks
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Where is rocky mountian spoted fever most commonly found?
Pacific coastal and Rocky mountain states usually in children
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What are the complications of Rocky Mnt SF
pulmonary edema, cerebral edema, long-term neuro damage
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What are the parasitic infections?
1) Scabies 2) head lice 3) helminthic infections
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How is scabies transmitted?
prolonged close contact
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What is scabies?
red papular rash that's extremely itchy, you can scrape skin and look under microscope if you need
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What is treatment for scabies?
scabicide applied to ENTIRE body then take everything in home and wash in hot water, vacuum etc
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What is another name for head lice?
pediculosis capitis
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What's the time frame of the lice life's cycle licing on the host? When do nits hatch?
lice 30 days on the host and 1-3 days off the host; nits hatch within 7-10 days
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What's the treatment for pediculosis capitis?
shampoo hair with pediculicide
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How are pinworms spread?
fecal-oral
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What's the biggest symptom for pinworms?
itching at night**** | other symptoms: teeth grinding at night, enuresis
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How do you diagnosse pinworms
put clear tape on anus of child over night and then visually id
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what's the treatment for pinworms
mebendazole x 1 then repeated in 2 weeks; treat all in household and wash everything in house
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How are round worms spread
hand to mouth, fecal oral
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What are the symptoms of round worms
anorexia, n/v, ab pain
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how do you diagnosis round worms
egg in stool under microscope, visuall in comit/stool, may cough up worm
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what can round worms cause?
partial or complete intestinal obstructoin
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What's the treatment for round worms?
mebendazole
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How are hookworms transmitted?
from soil through pores, hair follicles, hands/feet
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What are the symptoms of hookworms
red snake-like trails mostly on ankles, feet, buttocks, genitals, hands, itching....sometimes if SEIROUS: pulmonary symptoms, anemia, pica
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What's the treatment for hookworms?
albendazole, mebendazole, pyrantel pamoate
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What do you need ot educate to prevent hookworms?
sanitation, disposal of feces, encourage shoes
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What are the two types of conjunctivitis?
1) Bacterial: staph & H-flue, in newborns you see this a lot with chlamydia and gonorrhea 2) viral: most commonly from adenovirus and influenza 3) allergic
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What does bacterial conjunctivitis usually occur simultaneously with?
a respiratory infection
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What are the s/s of bacterial conjunctivitis
- itching, burning, yellow discharge with crusting, eyelid edema, redness of conjunctiva, eye drainage
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What are the s/s of viral conjunctivitis
- differences like discharge is CLEAR AND WATERY; redness of the SCLERA and INNER EYELIDS, NO purulent drainage or matting of eyelids, photophobia, lymphadenopathy
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What are the interventions for conjunctivitis?
- antibiotic drops or ointment
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When is bacterial conjunctivitis contagious?
until treatment for 24 hours
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What are the interventions for viral conjunctivitis?
symptomatic relief, cool moid compress, coolw ater rinse, prevention education, hand washing
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How would you diagnose a bacterial conjunctivitis infection?
culture of eye drainage comes back positive
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What's the most common type of conjunctivitis?
viral
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What particular meds can help with allergic conjunctivitis?
anti-histamines or mast cell stabilizer drops
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What is periorbital cellulitis?
inflammation of the subq tissues and skin around the eye usually from nearby infection trauma or staph/strep bacteria
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What are the s/s of periorbital cellulitis?
edema, pain, erythema in the skin/orbital fold
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What are the interventions for periorbital cellulitis?
antibiotic therapy x days, warm compress
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What does otitis media result form in children?
it's an inflammation of the middle ear with presence of fluid from malfunctioning of estachian tubes (their tubes aren't same as ours, all stuff like upper resp ear mouth throat everything is so compressed that they often get infection in these areas)
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What are the three types of otitis media? give descriptions
1) Acute otitis media (AOM): infection of fluid in middle ear, may have fever and pain - fever, ear pain, fussiness, batting/tugging, poor feeding, difficulty sleeping, drainage (this one you can prevent by not eating while laying down) 2) otitis media with effusion (OME): fluid in middle ear space, without s/s of infection - feeling of fulness in EAR, TM dull or opague, bulging and or red, pus behind ear drum 2) Otitis externa (OE) - inflammatino of the tissue of the external ear canal, also called Swimmer's ear - ear pain, drainage, canal red and swollen ( want to keep ear dry/use drying drops)
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What are common complications of otitis media?
hearing loss (chronic OM) which results in speech delay, thinkdue to perforation and scarring of tympanic membrane

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