Infant: Play and toys
Solitary play- likes to play alone, like to grasp and manipulate objects, enjoys sensory and tactile stimuli
Mobiles, rattles/noise making objects, mirrors, teething toys, large blocks, musical toys, stuffed toys, nesting/pull-apart toys, push-pull toys
Toddlers: Play and toys
1-3 years
Parallel play- still likes to play alone but near someone. Enjoys toys that use motor and coordination abilities. Enjoys repetition (short songs with rhythm)
Blocks, wheel toys, puzzles, crayons, books, push-pull toys, filling and emptying containers
Preschool: Play and toys
3-6 years
Associative play- will play with peers (often imaginative). Enjoys plat that imitates adult behavior (cooking, tools, nurse, police officer, teacher)
Enjoys toys that continue to develop motor and coordination such as tricycles, clay, drawing, paint, swings, song and dance
School-age/Adolescents: Play and toys
Younger school-age toys Older school-age toys
Cooperative play- enjoys rules, rituals, team play, activities
Constructive toys such as puzzles, crafts, erector sets (younger age)
Video games, competitive activities, board and card games, books, music (older age)
What age does a child get separation anxiety? What would it look like in the hospital? What should the nurse say to the parent about their child's behavior?
Age 4-8 months
Worry and fear
They cry, protest, get anxious
Erikson's Developmental Stage: Infant
Trust vs. Mistrust
Based on the caregiver-infant relationship and the care received by the infant
Ensure that the parent is with the infant in the hospital as much as possible and rooming in/performing all care that they can
Erikson's Developmental Stage: Toddler
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Independence --> dressing oneself, performing self-care, toilet training, offering symbol choices related to the body
Erikson's Developmental Stage: Preschool
Initiative vs. Guilt
Exploring their environment and take initiative to plan activities --> where child will enjoy mimicking cooking in the kitchen or helping with chores around the house
Erikson's Developmental Stage: School-age
Industry vs. Inferiority
Related to being competitive/cooperative --> achieved in school whereas a hospitalized child is missing that. Nurse will make up for that in the playroom, playing cards/boardgames/video games making sure they maintain their school work
Erikson's Developmental Stage: Adolescent
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Difficult to achieve but the primary person to help form the adolescent's identity is the peer group. In hospital's it's important to make sure the adolescent has visits with their friends or connecting through social media
Order of Erikson's Developmental Stages
Trust vs. Mistrust Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt Initiative vs. Guilt Industry vs. Inferiority Identity vs. Role Confusion
Nutrition: Infant
Breastfeeding or iron-fortified formula for the first 12 months of life
No forms of milk or milk products (almond, goat, etc)
Iron-fortified cereal at age 4-6 months old
Fruits, fruit juice, and vegetables at 6-8 months old
Finger foods at 8-9 months old (no eggs or meat)
Chopped, cooked table food at 12 months old (may give eggs and meat but no honey yet)
Nutrition: Toddlers
Caloric needs are less than infancy
Picky eater is common
Finger foods are preferred
Offer high protein
Serving size 1 tbsp per year of age
May consume cow's milk but no more than 24-28 oz/day
Nutrition: Preschool
Consume half of adult portions (1800 kcal/day)
Continues to be picky but more willing to try new foods as they age
Continue to offer protein snacks
Nutrition: School-age
Eats adult portions by end of school-age years
Nutrition: Adolescents
Calcium and iron are more important nutrients in addition to protein
Need for increase calories to support growth spurt
Death: Infants/Toddlers/Preschoolers
Drowning
Death: School-age
MVA or transportation injury (pedestrian vs. car, bicycle, skateboard)
Death: Adolescents
Unintentional injury due to poor judgement and risky behavior followed by homicide
Physical Development: Infant
Weight doubles in 6 months and triples in 1 year
Height increases by 50% by year 1
Head growth is rapid
Language Development: Infant
Coos/babbles at 3 months
Laughs at 4 months
Understand "no" at 9 months
Vowels consonants
Can say ma ma and da da
Progresses to four more words by 1 year
Physical Development: Preschool
Weight growth is slow but steady gaining 4-5 lbs per year
Height increases 2-3 inches per year
By end of school age girls gain more height and weight than boys
Physical Development: Adolescents
Rapid period of growth
Can grow 15-65 lbs by the age of 18
Rapid growth in height. Slows after menarche and stops at age 16 for girls and late teens for boys
Physical Development: School-age
By end of school age girls gain more height and weight than boys
Physical Development: Toddlers
Weight growth slows
Weight is 4x the birth weight at 2.5 years old
At 2 years old, height is approximately 50% of adult weight
Language Development: Toddlers
Multiword, 4-5 simple sentences by 3 years old
Language Development: Preschool
Huge increase in vocabulary (2,100 words), enjoys talking, uses grammar in sentences
Language Development: Adolescents
Mastered language and conversation
Fine and Gross Motor Development: Infant
Gross --> posture, head balance, sitting, creeping, standing, walking Fine --> use of hands and fingers to grasp objects
3 months- desire to grasp 4 months- head control 5 months- two handed grasp 6 months- rolls back to abdomen, holds bottle 8 months- sits alone 9 months- stands alone onto furniture 10 months- crawls, pincer grasp 11 months- creeps and then cruises 12 months- walks with one hand held
Fine and Gross Motor Development: Toddlers
Still clumsy. Motor coordination advances to walking, jumping, running, stair climbing
15 months- walks independently, uses a cup, builds tower of blocks 18 months- jumps, throws ball, turns pages in book 24 months- walks up the stairs (two feet on each stair), runs 36 months- stands on tiptoe, draws a circle
Fine and Gross Motor Development: Preschool
Well-coordinated, rides tricycles, skips, hops, balances on alternate feet
3 years old- rides tricycle 4 years old- skips, hops on one foot 5 years old- throws and catches a ball
Fine and Gross Motor Development: School-age
Movements become more limber, graceful, and coordinated
Fine and Gross Motor Development: Adolescents
Movements become more limber, graceful, and coordinated
Aerosol
Use a mask especially for younger children
Allow guardian to hold child during treatment and use a distraction
Oral
Hold child in what position? Use medication through what? Syringe use? Do not mix what? Can mix what?
Upright position
Allow infant to suck medication through nipple, syringe, or dropper
Syringe use- place to side in buccal pouch to avoid aspiration
Do not mix liquid medication in formula or juice unless medication needs to be crushed
Can mix with small amount of applesauce for older children
Optic
Position? How to apply medication? Best time to administer ointment?
Supine or sitting position. Ask child to look up
Pull down lower eye lid and apply medication
Before nap or bedtime
Otic
Position? How to apply medication for children younger than 3? How to apply medication for children 3+?
Prone or supine position with affected ear up
Pull pinna down and back
Pull pinna up and back
Rectal
Insert quickly and hold buttocks together for 5 minutes. Distract child with book or TV
Nasal
Position for infant? Position for child? How to administer medication?
Hold infant in football position
Position child with head extended
Insert tip vertically and then angle prior to administration
Intradermal
Administer inside surface of forearm
Will need to restrain younger child in parents/nurses lap or swaddle. Parent/nurse needs to hug and coddle immediately after injection
Subcutaneous
Where to administer for infants? Where to administer for young children?
Anterior thigh for infant
Upper lateral arm for young children in cooperative
Will need to restrain younger child in parents/nurses lap or swaddle. Parent/nurse needs to hug and coddle immediately after injection
Intramuscular
When to administer? Where to administer for infants? Where to administer for young children?
Apply Emla cream to site 60 minutes before injection
Vastus lateralis for infant
Deltoid for young children if cooperative
Will need to restrain younger child in parents/nurses lap or swaddle. Parent/nurse needs to hug and coddle immediately after injection
Intravenous
When to administer? Avoid what?
Apply Emla cream to site 60 minutes before injection
Avoid using child's dominant hand
Assessment of Pain: Infant/Toddlers and Nonverbal Children to 7 years
FLACC score (faces, legs, activity, cry, consolability)
Assessment of Pain: Preschool
FACES scale
Assessment of Pain: School-age
FACES scale and numeric scale for 5 and older
Assessment of Pain: Adolescents
Numeric scale
Immunizations
Birth- Hep B 1 month- Hep B 2 months- RV, DTaP, Hib, PCV, IPV 4 months- Rv, DTaP, Hib, PCV, IPV 6 months- Hep B, RV, DTaP, Hib, PCV, IPV, Influenza yearly 12 months- DTaP, Hib, PCV 15 months- MMR, Varicella influenza 4-6 years- DTaP, IPV, Influenza, MMR, Varicella
Precautions, Contraindications, Administration of: Hep B
Age of vaccine Administration Precautions Contraindications Side effects Adverse effects
Birth, 1 month, 6 months
IM administration
Low birth weight
Anaphylactic allergy to yeast
Injection site reactions (pain, soreness, redness, swelling), low grade fever
Allergic reaction, dizziness, vision changes
Precautions, Contraindications, Administration of: DTaP
Age of vaccine Administration Precautions Contraindications Side effects Adverse effects
2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 15-18 months, 4-6 years
IM administration
Seizures
Encephalopathy (brain disease that alters brain function)
Injection site reactions, low grade fever
Fever 105 or higher
Precautions, Contraindications, Administration of: HiB
Age of vaccine Administration Precautions Contraindications Side effects Adverse effects
2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12-15 months
IM administration
No precautions
No contraindications
Injection site reactions, low grade fever
Fever 101 or higher. Vomiting, diarrhea, irritability
Precautions, Contraindications, Administration of: PCV
Age of vaccine Administration Precautions Contraindications Side effects Adverse effects
2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12-15 months
IM administration
No precautions
Anaphylactic reaction to vaccines
Injection site reactions, low grade fever
Anorexia, irritability
Precautions, Contraindications, Administration of: IPV
Age of vaccine Administration Precautions Contraindications Side effects Adverse effects
2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 4-6 years
IM administration
Pregnancy
Anaphylactic reaction to neomycin, streptomycin, or polymyxin
Injection site reactions, low grade fever
No adverse effects
Precautions, Contraindications, Administration of: MMR
Age of vaccine Administration Precautions Contraindications Side effects Adverse effects
12-15 months, 4-6 years
SQ administration (store in freezer)
Anaphylactic reaction to eggs, gelatin, or neomycin
Pregnancy
Injection site reactions, low grade fever
Thrombocytopenia, seizures, joint pain
Precautions, Contraindications, Administration of: Varicella
Age of vaccine Administration Precautions Contraindications Side effects Adverse effects
12-15 months, 4-6 years
SQ administration (store in freezer)
Corticosteroid or antiviral use
Pregnancy, anaphylactic shock to gelatin or neomycin
Injection site reactions, low grade fever, rash
Encephalitis (inflammation to the brain due to infection). RARE
Erythema Infectiosum: "Fifth's Disease"
Precautions Assessment Incubation
Contact and droplet
Upper respiratory issues before rash starts- runny nose, dry cough, stuffy nose, and then a rash will appear. First appears on face aka "slapped face" then followed by body rash. Rash fades and skin is itchy
4-21 days
Pertussis: "Whooping Cough"
Precautions Assessment Incubation
Contact and droplet
Low grade fever, sneezing, watery eyes. Severe coughing (gets worse at night), coughing fits, violent and rapid coughing, loud "whooping" sound upon inspiration. Protruding tongue
6-20 days
Rubella: "German Measles"
Precautions Assessment Incubation
Contact and droplet
Low grade fever, coryza, cough. Rash starts on face then spreads down to the rest of the body lasting 2-3 days
14-21 days
Rubeola: "Measles"
Precautions Assessment Incubation
Contact and airborne
Fever, malaise, three "C's" (cough, coryza, conjunctivitis with photophobia) followed by Koplik (tiny white spots) appear in mouth 2 days before rash. Red/reddish-brown rash begins on face spreading downward
10-20 days
Mumps
Precautions Assessment Incubation
Contact and airborne
Fever, headache, earache, painful and swollen parotid glands, can lead to deafness, meningitis
14-21 days
Varicella: "Chicken Pox"
Precautions Assessment Incubation
Contact and airborne
Fever, malaise, crust to all parts of the body irritability
2-3 weeks
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Definition Interventions Treatment
When you don't have enough enzymes to digest proteins
Diet, positive PKU newborn screening, able to breastfeed, monitor for cognitive impairment
Strict diet with limited protein
Myelomeningocele (Spina Bifida)
Definition Interventions Treatment
Folic acid deficiency
Protect the sac from injury (use sterile moist dressing), no diapers or clothing (will need radiant warmer), prone or side-lying position, surgery within 24-72 hours
Protect infection and skin integrity
Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Definition Interventions
A serious gastrointestinal problem that mostly affects premature babies
Surgery to remove necrotized bowel
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
Definition Interventions
Lung disease that affects newborns and prevents normal breathing
Prone position (increases chest expansion), oxygen, NPO if RR is >60 and TPN, beractant (helps lungs function normally), prophylactic antibiotics, may require mechanical ventilation
Congenital Hypothyroidism
Definition Interventions
Absent or non-functioning thyroid gland
Levothyroxine (needs lifelong), administer in morning 30 min prior to feeding
Hyperbilirubinemia
Definition Interventions/Treatments
Too much bilirubin in your baby's blood
Breastfeeding, phototherapy (expose as much skin as possible), protect eyes, monitor temperature, immunoglobulin if RH incompatibility, transfusion of severely high bilirubin
Iron Toxicity
Interventions Assessments
Interventions:
Gastric lavage
IV chelation
Parental education
Assessments:
Hematemesis (vomiting blood)
Hepatoxicity (ALT >40, AST >56)
Can lead to metabolic acidosis, hypoglycemia, shock, death
Lead Toxicity
Interventions Assessments
Interventions:
IV chelation therapy
Parental education
Social services
Individualized plan
Assessments:
Hyperactivity, impulsive, inattention, intellectual mild impairment, cognitive delay
Can progress to severe cognitive impairment, paralysis, nephrotoxicity, seizures, death
Lead level
Acetaminophen Toxicity
Interventions Assessments
Interventions:
Administer antidote (n-acetylcysteine PO)
Teach parents dosage limits
Assessments:
Nausea, vomiting
RUQ pain, jaundice, hepatoxicity, hypercoagulation
Can progress to death
Acetylsalicylic Acid (Aspirin) Poisoning:
Interventions Assessments
Interventions:
Gastric lavage with activated charcoal
Sodium bicarb
O2, mechanical ventilation
Vitamin K for hemorrhage
Teach parents to avoid all products containing ASA
Assessments:
Nausea, vomiting, GI bleed, dehydration, hemorrhage
Confusion, seizures
Can lead to Reyes Syndrome and death
Depression
What medication is prescribed? Non-pharmacological intervention?
SSRI's. Medications ending in -etine or -opram (fluoxetine, citalopram)
Therapeutic plan/individual and family counseling
PTSD
What medication is prescribed? Non-pharmacological intervention?
SNRI's (serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors)
Psychotherapy
ADHD
What medication is prescribed? Non-pharmacological intervention?
Methylphenidate
Behavioral modification, academic support, social skills, therapy
Autism
What medication is prescribed? Non-pharmacological intervention?
No medication
Specialized treatment, behavioral modification, decrease environment stimuli, introduce new situations slowly, reward system
Cognitive Impairment
What medication is prescribed? Non-pharmacological intervention?
No medication
Individualized plan, encourage growth and development, socialization, self care, protect from injury
Symptoms of PTSD
Psychosis initially followed by numbness and calmness. After 2-3 months and beyond there are flashbacks, somatic conversation, anxiety, phobia, obsessions, and depression
Signs and Symptoms of AOM (Acute Otitis Media)
Rubbing or pulling on the ear
Crying
Lethargy
Rhinorrhea, vomiting, diarrhea
Bulging yellow or red tympanic membrane
Purulent material in middle of ear or drainage from external canal
Decreased or no tympanic movement with pneumatic otoscope
Difference of AOM in an infant and school-age child
Most commonly found in the ages of 6-24 months
Lower incidence with breastfed babies
Higher incidence in babies that have bottle propped up, sleep with a bottle, in house with a smoker, cleft lip palate, down syndrome
What is a spacer? Why is it used?
A device that attaches to the end of your inhaler. Helps by getting the medication straight to where its needed in the lungs
Post-op instructions for a child who had a Tonsillectomy?
Signs of incision hemorrhage?
Analgesic drugs PO or IV
Elevate HOB to facilitate drainage
Ice chips, cool liquids, ice pops (not red)
Ice collar
Avoid vigorous tooth brushing, spicy, citrus, dairy foods, gargling
Client Education:
Avoid coughing, throat clearing, nose blowing
Avoid straws
Notify provider if bright-red bleeding occurs
Rest as much as possible
Frequent swallowing, tachycardia, hypotension
Medication to administer for asthma exacerbation
What medication is used for chronic maintenance of asthma?
Beta 2 Adrenergic Agents (medications ending in -erol --> can be oral, inhaled, or nebulizer)
Albuterol- short acting
Formoterol- long acting
Montelukast
Side effects for asthma exacerbation
Mouth irritation
Tachycardia
Palpitation
Tremors
Seizures
Interventions if asthma exacerbation occurs
What are the interventions for Cystic Fibrosis? Why?
Reduces the risk for respiratory infectionsT
Hand washing
Airway clearance
Fluids to loosen secretions
Bronchodilators
O2
IV antibiotics
High calorie protein diet
Pancreatic enzymes with meals
ADEK vitamins
Tinea Capitis
Ringworm of the scalp
"Lice", scaly, itchy lesions with alopecia to the scalp
Tinea Coporis
Ringworm of the body
Round erythema, itchy scaling patches with cleared center to body
Tinea Cruis
Jock itch
Round erythema, itchy patches with scales to thigh and groin folds
Tinea Pedis
Athlete's foot
Erythema and cracking lesions between the toes and feet
Interventions for Pediculosis Capitis (Lice)
OTC permethrin shampoo
Removal of nits after shampooing with cream rinse
Wash linens and towels in hot water and hot dryer
Seal non-washable items in a plastic bag for two weeks
Interventions for a partial-thickness burn?
Pain management
Prevention of infection- silver sulfadiazine and bacitracin
Hydration
Nutritional support
Candida Diaper Dermatitis Interventions (5)
Air dry (no diaper) as much as possible
Change soiled diapers ASAP
Clean gently
Apply anti-fungal Nystatin cream
If severe- oral nystatin liquid swish and swallow in addition to cream
Contact Diaper Dermatitis Interventions (4)
Air dry (no diaper) as much as possible
Change soiled diapers ASAP
Clean gently- avoid allergic agents
Apply skin barrier. Do not wash off with diaper change
Treatment for Seborrheic Dermatitis (3)
Gently remove scales with wash cloth and comb through hair
Apply mineral oil to scalp
Use OTC anti-seborrheic shampoo
Treatment for Scabies (4)
Rx 5% Permethrin cream
Wash cream off body in 8-14 hours
Wash linens and towels in hot water and hot dryer
Seal non-washable items in plastic bag for two weeks
Peak Time: NPH
4-14 hours (long intermediate-acting)
Peak Time: Regular Insulin
1-5 hours (short-acting)
Peak Time: Rapid Acting Insulin (Lispro)
0.5-2.5 hours
Hypoglycemia
Definition Signs and symptoms
Blood glucose <60
Headache, lightheadedness, irritable, difficulty thinking and concentrating, can lead to decreased LOC and seizures
Hyperglycemia
Definition Signs and symtoms
Blood glucose >250
Thirst/polyuria, lethargic, nausea/vomiting, confusion, can lead to DKA