Nursing bullets

1. A child with HIV-positive blood should receive inactivated poliovirus vaccine

(IPV)rather than oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) immunization.

2. To achieve postural drainage in an infant, place a pillow on the nurse’s lap and
lay the infant across it.

3. A child with cystic fibrosis should eat more calories, protein, vitamins, and
minerals than a child without the disease.

4. Infants subsisting on cow’s milk only don’t receive a sufficient amount of iron
(ferrous sulfate), which will eventually result in iron deficiency anemia.

5. A child with an undiagnosed infection should be placed in isolation.

6. An infant usually triples his birth weight by the end of his first year.

7. Clinical signs of a dehydrated infant include: lethargy, irritability, dry skin

decreased tearing, decreased urinary output, and increased pulse.

8. Appropriate care of a child with meningitis includes frequent assessment of

neurologic status (i.e., decreasing levels of consciousness, difficulty to arouse) and
measuring the circumference of the head because subdural effusions and
obstructivehydrocephalus can develop.

9. Expected clinical findings in a newborn with cerebral palsy include reflexive

hypertonicity and crisscrossing or scissoring leg movements.
10. Papules, vesicles, and crust are all present at the same time in the early phase of
chickenpox.

Chicken Pox. Image via. kidshealth.org

11. Topical corticosteroids shouldn’t be used on chickenpox lesions.

12. A serving size of a food is usually one (1) tablespoon for each year of age.

13. The characteristic of Fifth disease (erythema infectiosum) is erythema on the

face, primarily the cheeks, giving a “slapped face” appearance.

Fifth disease rash.

14. Adolescents may brave pain, especially in front of peers. Therefore, offer
analgesics if pain is suspected or administer the medication if the client asks for it.

15. Signs that a child with cystic fibrosis is responding to pancreatic enzymes are
the absence of steatorrhea, improved appetite, and absence of abdominal pain.
16. Roseola appears as discrete rose-pink macules that first appear on the trunk and
that fade when pressure is applied.

17. A ninety-ninety traction (90 degree–90 degree skeletal traction) is used

for fractureof a child’s femur or tibia.

Ninety-ninety traction
18. One sign of developmental dysplasia is limping during ambulation.

19. A small-for-gestational age (SGA) infant is one whose length, weight, and
head circumference are below the 10th percentile of the normal variation for
gestation age as determined by neonatal examination.

20. Neonatal abstinence syndrome is manifested in central nervous

systemhyperirritability (e.g., hyperactive Moro reflex) and gastrointestinal
symptoms (watery stools).