ATI: RN Nursing care of Children Questions and Answers
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ATI: RN Nursing care of Children
Questions and AnswersATI: RN Nursing care of Children
Questions and AnswersATI: RN Nursing care of Children
Questions and AnswersATI: RN Nursing care of Children
Questions and AnswersATI: RN Nursing care of Children
Questions and AnswersATI: RN Nursing care of ...
Petechiae or purpuric-type rash (with meningococcal infection)
Brudzinski's sign
✓ ~~~ pain with resistance and involuntary flex of hip/knee when neck is flexed to chest
when lying supine
Kernig's sign
✓ ~~~ a diagnostic sign for meningitis marked by the person's inability to extend the leg
completely when the thigh is flexed upon the abdomen and the person is sitting or lying
down
Lab tests for viral meningitis (CSF analysis)
✓ ~~~ clear color
increase WBC
, normal or elevated protein content
normal glucose content
negative gram stain
Lab tests for bacterial meningitis (CSF analysis)
✓ ~~~ cloudy color
increase WBC
increase protein content
decrease glucose content
positive gram stain
Nursing actions for lumbar puncture
✓ ~~~ empty bladder
side-lying position
monitor for bleeding,hematoma, infection
medications to treat meningitis
✓ ~~~ Antibiotic
corticosteroid: dexamethasone
Analgesic (acetaminophen with codeine)
dexamethasone
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