Fluid Balance
Fluid Balance QUICK LOOK AT THE CHAPTER AHEAD Fluids are distributed in various compartments in the body, with movement back and forth to maintain homeostasis. This movement is a result…
NURSING
5: Common Nursing Care Procedures
Part 5 Common Nursing Care Procedures MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION Safety Precautions 1. Take a drug allergy history. 2. Check the following five Rs for correctness: Right drug Right dosage Right time…
1: History and Physical Assessment
Part 1 History and Physical Assessment HEALTH HISTORY Information Identifying Information 1. Name 2. Address 3. Telephone number 4. Age 5. Birth date 6. Race/ethnic group 7. Gender 8. Religion/spiritual…
2: Pain Assessment and Management
Part 2 Pain Assessment and Management Children’s ability to describe pain changes as they grow older and as they cognitively and linguistically mature. Three types of measures—behavioral, physiologic, and self-report—have…
4: Common Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests
Part 4 Common Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS Arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis results are rapidly available and provide a baseline to determine a patient’s current respiratory…
Investigations
2 Paediatric Registrar, Nottingham Children’s Hospital3 Children’s Respiratory/Community Nurse Specialist, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives After studying this chapter the reader will have an understanding of: the rationale for chest…
Complications with lung development and progressive airway injury
2 Consultant Paediatrician3 Specialist Practitioner in Children’s Community Nursing, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives After studying this chapter the reader will have an understanding of: complications with lung development common…
Management of lung infection in children
Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives After studying this chapter, the reader will: understand the range of pathogens causing lung infection in children be aware of…
Oxygen therapy
2 Specialist Practitioner in Children’s Community Nursing, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives By studying this chapter, the reader will: understand the importance of adequate oxygenation and its effects on the…
Inherited lung disease in children
2CF Co-ordinatory/Senior Research Physiotherapist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children3Children’s Respiratory/Community Nurse Specialist, Nottingham Children’s Hospital Learning objectives After studying this chapter, the reader will: understand the inheritance of primary…
