Nurs 629 stuvia - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Weight changes in 1st year of life - Answer Weight increases 6-8lbs, up to 20lbs in the 1st year of life When does the posterior fontanelle close? Anterior? - Answer posterior- 2 months, anterior- 9-18 mo when do the abdominal muscles close? - Answer 3 years When are the testicles descended? - Answer usually descended at birth, but spontaneous descent may occur in the first year after birth. (usually 6 months) what do you assess for with infants musculoskeletal system? - Answer leg...

Routine office visit times - Answer every 4 weeks until 28 weeks every 2 weeks until 36 weeks every week from 36 to delivery Biweekly after 40 weeks First Trimester Normal findings - Answer breast pain, enlargement, changes in pigmentation, constipation, excessive salivation and bad taste in mouth, fatigue, flatulence, headache, hemorrhoids, nausea and vomiting, urinary frequency and incontinence, varicosities of vulva and legs. Second Trimester Normal findings - Answer backache, dyspn...

18. A 12yearold child whose weight and BMI are in the 75th percentile has a diastolic blood pressure that is between the 95th and 99th percentiles for age, sex, and height on three separate occasions. Initial tests for this child will include - Answer renal function and plasma renin tests The parent of an infant asks about using a probiotic medication. What will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner tell this parent? - Answer there is no conclusive evidence about using probiotics to t...

What antibiotics are safe for UTI during pregnancy? - Answer Macrobid, Ampicillin, Keflex, Pyridium What antibiotic is unsafe during preganancy? - Answer Bactrim (<13 w or >36 w) Are oral hypoglycemics okay in pregnancy? - Answer NO!!! What medication do you use to treat DM during pregnancy? - Answer Insulin Name the 5 infant risk factors for an infant with a DM mother - Answer 1. NTD 2. Cardiac Defects 3. Macrosomia 4. Intra-Uterine Growth Restrictions 5. Hyperbili What...

how do you preform rovsing sign? - Answer · Apply pressure to the lower left abdomen. · Pain is felt in right side of abdomen when pressure is released what does rovsing sign indicate? - Answer appendicitis how do you assess for injury to anterior or posterior cruciate ligament? - Answer positive anterior / posterior drawer sign what is the initial treatment for osgood-Schlatter disease? - Answer stretching what are the common sings/ symptoms of osgood-schlatter disease? - Answer ...

Rovsing sign - Answer apply pressure to lower left abdomen. Pain felt on right side of abdomen when pressure released. + Ant/ Post Drawer sign - Answer assess for injury of ant/post cruciate ligament Osgood- Schlatter disease - Answer most common in later childhood and early adolescence. Painful swelling and tenderness of tibial tuberosity. Most common in children in sports. *initial TX is stretching. TX for sprained ankle - Answer apply cold for 20 min, off for 20-45 min. Repeat 1st 24...

What are probable (objective) signs of pregnancy? - Answer Hegar's sign goodells sign, chadwicks sign, ballottement, + pregnancy test, Braxton hicks fetal outline felt by examiner Presumptive (subjective) signs of pregnancy - Answer amenorrhea (absence of menses) N/V excessive fatigue urinary frequency breast tenderness and skin changes quickening- mothers perception of fetal movement Positive (diagnostic) signs of pregnancy - Answer Fetal Heartbeat Fetal Movement (felt...

How do you measure fundal height - Answer symphysis pubis to top of uterus When can you start to hear fetal heart tones? - Answer around 12 wks What is quickening? - Answer fetal movements felt by the mother When is quickening felt - Answer between 16-20 weeks Abnormal Complaints in first trimester - Answer 1st trimester: Vaginal bleeding Book: spotting, bleeding, cramping, painful urination, severe vomiting and/or diarrhea, fever > 100.4, symptoms of vaginal infection or STI; ...