Nursing 3920A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Immunoglobulin G, Calcium Channel, Aureus
Document Summary
Nursing care of the child with an immunologic disorder. Inspect skin: history of a fever, note positioning of joints, mild to moderate anemia is common. Nursing management: manage pain, mobility, and promoting a normal life, encourage regular eye exams to prevent blindness. Managing pain and maintaining mobility: give medications as required, maintain rom and muscle strength through exercise, swimming, teach appropriate use of splints prescribed to prevent joint contractures, monitor for pressure sores. Nursing care of the child with a musculoskeletal disorder. In: chow, c. a. ateah, s. d. scott, s. s. ricci, & t. kyle (eds. Nursing assessment: history and observation of head tilting (wry neck, palpate the neck. Nursing management: teach parents gentle neck stretching exercises, ear to shoulder stretch, make sure infants head is upright and not favoring a specific side. 3: nutritional deficits or malabsorption of fats may lead to rickets, slipped capital femoral epiphysis (scfe) and legg-calve-perthes disease affects mainly school aged adolescent boys.