NURSE-UN 1255 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Upper Respiratory Tract Infection, Nasal Congestion, Palivizumab
29 Apr 2019
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Obtaining respirations: assess for a full minute, up to at least 2 years old. Sick: don"t let them know you"re counting. How to listen: give them the stethoscope, distractions, games for auscultation. Tugging of ear : common code definition, viral upper respiratory infection, pathophysiology: Influenza: rsv (synagis, rhinovirus, adenovirus, signs and symptoms: Fever: nasal congestion, rhinnorhea, muscle aches, nursing interventions: Increase fluids: no specific treatment, antipyretics, rest, no decongestants under 4 years old. Sinusitis definition: bacterial infection of the paranasal sinuses, pathophysiology, mucosal swelling, decreased ciliary movement. Frontal: signs and symptoms, greater than 10 days of: Poor appetite: nursing interventions, antibiotics, normal saline nasal spray, handwashing. Common winter virus: pathophysiology, droplet/contact, more severe respiratory compromise in chronic illness, signs and symptoms: Inflammation of the throat mucosa and/or tonsils: pathophysiology, viral processes, group a beta-hemolytic streptococci, signs and symptoms: Sore throat: abrupt onset, headache, anterior cervical adenopathy, abdominal pain. Tonsils/pharynx with inflammation and exudate: nursing interventions, diagnosis, rapid strep.
