Pediatric Nursing

Alterations in Health (78)

Peds, part 43: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Legg-Calve Perthes and Clubfoot - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 43: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Legg-Calve Perthes and Clubfoot

Cathy Parkes

Legg-Calve Perthes disease and clubfoot. The risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Legg-Calve Perthes. Risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and family teaching for clubfoot.

Peds, part 43: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Legg-Calve Perthes and Clubfoot

Cathy Parkes

Legg-Calve Perthes disease and clubfoot. The risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Legg-Calve Perthes. Risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and family teaching for clubfoot.

Peds, part 42: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 42: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

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Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH). What DDH is, risk factors for DDH, signs and symptoms of DDH, diagnosis of DDH, and treatment of DDH. Important information regarding a Pavlik...

Peds, part 42: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip

Cathy Parkes

Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH). What DDH is, risk factors for DDH, signs and symptoms of DDH, diagnosis of DDH, and treatment of DDH. Important information regarding a Pavlik...

Peds, part 41: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Scoliosis - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 41: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Scoliosis

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Scoliosis. The signs and symptoms, use of the Adam's forward bend test to screen for scoliosis, treatment of scoliosis, and nursing care following spinal surgery.

Peds, part 41: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Scoliosis

Cathy Parkes

Scoliosis. The signs and symptoms, use of the Adam's forward bend test to screen for scoliosis, treatment of scoliosis, and nursing care following spinal surgery.

Peds, part 40: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Positional Plagiocephaly - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 40: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Positional Plagiocephaly

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Pediatric musculoskeletal disorders, starting with positional plagiocephaly. What positional plagiocephaly is, symptoms of positional plagiocephaly, treatment of positional plagiocephaly, and family teaching to treat or prevent positional plagiocephaly.

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Peds, part 40: Musculoskeletal Disorders - Positional Plagiocephaly

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Pediatric musculoskeletal disorders, starting with positional plagiocephaly. What positional plagiocephaly is, symptoms of positional plagiocephaly, treatment of positional plagiocephaly, and family teaching to treat or prevent positional plagiocephaly.

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Peds, part 39: Nervous Disorders - ADHD and Autism - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 39: Nervous Disorders - ADHD and Autism

Cathy Parkes

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and autism. The symptoms, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for these disorders.

Peds, part 39: Nervous Disorders - ADHD and Autism

Cathy Parkes

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and autism. The symptoms, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for these disorders.

Peds, part 38: Nervous Disorders - Trisomy 21, Fragile X, Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 38: Nervous Disorders - Trisomy 21, Fragile X, Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy

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The following genetic disorders: Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome), Fragile X, and Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. The pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment associated with each of these disorders.

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Peds, part 38: Nervous Disorders - Trisomy 21, Fragile X, Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy

Cathy Parkes

The following genetic disorders: Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome), Fragile X, and Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. The pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment associated with each of these disorders.

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Peds, part 37: Nervous Disorders - Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 37: Nervous Disorders - Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy

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Spina Bifida, including the following 3 types of Spina Bifida: spina bifida occulta, meningocele, and myelomeningocele. The risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, nursing care, and patient teaching associated with spina bifida....

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Peds, part 37: Nervous Disorders - Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy

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Spina Bifida, including the following 3 types of Spina Bifida: spina bifida occulta, meningocele, and myelomeningocele. The risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, nursing care, and patient teaching associated with spina bifida....

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Peds, part 36: Nervous Disorders - Reye's Syndrome, Lead Poisoning - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 36: Nervous Disorders - Reye's Syndrome, Lead Poisoning

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Reye's syndrome and Lead Poisoning. The risk factors, signs/symptoms, lab values, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching associated with these disorders.

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Peds, part 36: Nervous Disorders - Reye's Syndrome, Lead Poisoning

Cathy Parkes

Reye's syndrome and Lead Poisoning. The risk factors, signs/symptoms, lab values, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching associated with these disorders.

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Peds, part 35: Nervous Disorders - Meningitis - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 35: Nervous Disorders - Meningitis

Cathy Parkes

Meningitis. The pathophysiology, risk factors, prevention, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care associated with meningitis.

Peds, part 35: Nervous Disorders - Meningitis

Cathy Parkes

Meningitis. The pathophysiology, risk factors, prevention, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care associated with meningitis.

Peds, part 34: Nervous Disorders - Head Injury - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 34: Nervous Disorders - Head Injury

Cathy Parkes

Head injuries. The pathophysiology of a head injury, including the primary and secondary injury that occurs with a severe head trauma. The risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care...

Peds, part 34: Nervous Disorders - Head Injury

Cathy Parkes

Head injuries. The pathophysiology of a head injury, including the primary and secondary injury that occurs with a severe head trauma. The risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care...

Peds, part 33: Nervous Disorders - Seizures - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 33: Nervous Disorders - Seizures

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Seizures. The pathophysiology and risk factors associated with seizures. The following types of seizures: tonic clonic seizure, absence seizure, myoclonic seizure, atonic seizure, and status epilepticus. The diagnosis, treatment, and...

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Peds, part 33: Nervous Disorders - Seizures

Cathy Parkes

Seizures. The pathophysiology and risk factors associated with seizures. The following types of seizures: tonic clonic seizure, absence seizure, myoclonic seizure, atonic seizure, and status epilepticus. The diagnosis, treatment, and...

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Peds, part 32: Nervous Disorders - Visual and Hearing Impairments - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 32: Nervous Disorders - Visual and Hearing Impairments

Cathy Parkes

The following visual impairments: myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, amblyopia, and strabismus. The signs/symptoms of vision loss, diagnostic testing for vision loss, treatment, and nursing care for patients with visual impairments. Next,...

Peds, part 32: Nervous Disorders - Visual and Hearing Impairments

Cathy Parkes

The following visual impairments: myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, amblyopia, and strabismus. The signs/symptoms of vision loss, diagnostic testing for vision loss, treatment, and nursing care for patients with visual impairments. Next,...

Peds, part 31: Nervous Disorders - Conjunctivitis, Retinopathy of Prematurity - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 31: Nervous Disorders - Conjunctivitis, Retinopathy of Prematurity

Cathy Parkes

Conjunctivitis (or pink eye), including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, treatment, and family teaching associated with this eye disorder. Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, treatment, and prevention...

Peds, part 31: Nervous Disorders - Conjunctivitis, Retinopathy of Prematurity

Cathy Parkes

Conjunctivitis (or pink eye), including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, treatment, and family teaching associated with this eye disorder. Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, treatment, and prevention...

Peds, part 30: Nervous Disorders - Pediatric Nervous Diagnostic Tests - EEG, Lumbar Puncture, ICP Monitoring - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 30: Nervous Disorders - Pediatric Nervous Diagnostic Tests - EEG, Lumbar Puncture, ICP Monitoring

Cathy Parkes

The following nervous system diagnostic tests: electroencephalogram (EEG), lumbar puncture, and intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring.

Peds, part 30: Nervous Disorders - Pediatric Nervous Diagnostic Tests - EEG, Lumbar Puncture, ICP Monitoring

Cathy Parkes

The following nervous system diagnostic tests: electroencephalogram (EEG), lumbar puncture, and intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring.

Peds, part 29: Cardiovascular Disorders - Thalassemia, Hemophilia, Epistaxis - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 29: Cardiovascular Disorders - Thalassemia, Hemophilia, Epistaxis

Cathy Parkes

Thalassemia and hemophilia, including the signs/symptoms, labs, treatment, and family teaching for patients with these disorders. Epistaxis, including causes, treatment, and family teaching for patients with epistaxis.

Peds, part 29: Cardiovascular Disorders - Thalassemia, Hemophilia, Epistaxis

Cathy Parkes

Thalassemia and hemophilia, including the signs/symptoms, labs, treatment, and family teaching for patients with these disorders. Epistaxis, including causes, treatment, and family teaching for patients with epistaxis.

Peds, part 28: Cardiovascular Disorders - Iron Deficient Anemia, Sickle Cell Anemia - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 28: Cardiovascular Disorders - Iron Deficient Anemia, Sickle Cell Anemia

Cathy Parkes

Iron-deficient anemia, including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for this disorder. Sickle cell anemia, including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, types of crises,...

Peds, part 28: Cardiovascular Disorders - Iron Deficient Anemia, Sickle Cell Anemia

Cathy Parkes

Iron-deficient anemia, including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for this disorder. Sickle cell anemia, including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, types of crises,...

Peds, part 27: Cardiovascular Disorders - Kawasaki Disease - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 27: Cardiovascular Disorders - Kawasaki Disease

Cathy Parkes

Kawasaki Disease. The pathophysiology, phases of Kawasaki disease, symptoms associated with each phase, abnormal labs present with Kawasaki disease, diagnostic criteria, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for the disorder.

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Peds, part 27: Cardiovascular Disorders - Kawasaki Disease

Cathy Parkes

Kawasaki Disease. The pathophysiology, phases of Kawasaki disease, symptoms associated with each phase, abnormal labs present with Kawasaki disease, diagnostic criteria, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for the disorder.

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Peds, part 26: Cardiovascular Disorders - Infective Endocarditis, Rheumatic Fever - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 26: Cardiovascular Disorders - Infective Endocarditis, Rheumatic Fever

Cathy Parkes

Infective endocarditis, including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and family teaching for patients with infective endocarditis. Rheumatic fever, including the pathophysiology, risk factor, labs, diagnosis, and treatment of this...

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Peds, part 26: Cardiovascular Disorders - Infective Endocarditis, Rheumatic Fever

Cathy Parkes

Infective endocarditis, including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, labs, diagnosis, treatment, and family teaching for patients with infective endocarditis. Rheumatic fever, including the pathophysiology, risk factor, labs, diagnosis, and treatment of this...

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Peds, part 25: Cardiovascular Disorders - Heart Failure and Hypoxemia - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 25: Cardiovascular Disorders - Heart Failure and Hypoxemia

Cathy Parkes

Pathophysiology, causes, signs/symptoms, labs/diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of both Heart Failure and Hypoxemia. Differences between left- and right-sided heart failure explained.

Peds, part 25: Cardiovascular Disorders - Heart Failure and Hypoxemia

Cathy Parkes

Pathophysiology, causes, signs/symptoms, labs/diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of both Heart Failure and Hypoxemia. Differences between left- and right-sided heart failure explained.

Peds, part 24: Cardiovascular Disorders - Congenital Heart Defects - COA, Aortic Stenosis, Pulmonary Stenosis, TGA, TAPVC, Truncus Arteriosus, HLHS - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 24: Cardiovascular Disorders - Congenital Heart Defects - COA, Aortic Stenosis, Pulmonary Stenosis, TGA, TAPVC, Truncus Arteriosus, HLHS

Cathy Parkes

Congenital heart defects that cause obstruction of blood flow, including: coarctation of aorta (COA), aortic stenosis and pulmonary stenosis. Congenital heart defects that cause mixed blood flow, including: transposition of...

Peds, part 24: Cardiovascular Disorders - Congenital Heart Defects - COA, Aortic Stenosis, Pulmonary Stenosis, TGA, TAPVC, Truncus Arteriosus, HLHS

Cathy Parkes

Congenital heart defects that cause obstruction of blood flow, including: coarctation of aorta (COA), aortic stenosis and pulmonary stenosis. Congenital heart defects that cause mixed blood flow, including: transposition of...

Peds, part 23: Cardiovascular Disorders - Congenital Heart Defects - ASD, VSD, AV Canal, PDA, Tetralogy of Fallot, Tricuspid Atresia - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 23: Cardiovascular Disorders - Congenital Heart Defects - ASD, VSD, AV Canal, PDA, Tetralogy of Fallot, Tricuspid Atresia

Cathy Parkes

Congenital heart defects that result in increased pulmonary blood flow, including: atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, atrioventricular canal, and patent ductus arteriosus. Congenital heart defects that result in decreased...

Peds, part 23: Cardiovascular Disorders - Congenital Heart Defects - ASD, VSD, AV Canal, PDA, Tetralogy of Fallot, Tricuspid Atresia

Cathy Parkes

Congenital heart defects that result in increased pulmonary blood flow, including: atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, atrioventricular canal, and patent ductus arteriosus. Congenital heart defects that result in decreased...

Peds, part 22: Cardiovascular Disorders - Catheterization, Congenital Heart Defects - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 22: Cardiovascular Disorders - Catheterization, Congenital Heart Defects

Cathy Parkes

A cardiac catheterization, including nursing care of the patient before and after the procedure. Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs). The pathophysiology, risk factors, overall signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of...

Peds, part 22: Cardiovascular Disorders - Catheterization, Congenital Heart Defects

Cathy Parkes

A cardiac catheterization, including nursing care of the patient before and after the procedure. Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs). The pathophysiology, risk factors, overall signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of...

Peds, part 21: Respiratory Disorders - Respiratory Distress, BRUE/ALTE, SIDS - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 21: Respiratory Disorders - Respiratory Distress, BRUE/ALTE, SIDS

Cathy Parkes

Respiratory distress and failure, including the signs/symptoms of early respiratory distress and late respiratory failure. Diagnostics, labs, and treatment of respiratory distress and failure. Next, a brief resolved unexplained event...

Peds, part 21: Respiratory Disorders - Respiratory Distress, BRUE/ALTE, SIDS

Cathy Parkes

Respiratory distress and failure, including the signs/symptoms of early respiratory distress and late respiratory failure. Diagnostics, labs, and treatment of respiratory distress and failure. Next, a brief resolved unexplained event...

Peds, part 20: Respiratory Disorders - Apnea of Prematurity, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Respiratory Distress Syndrome - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 20: Respiratory Disorders - Apnea of Prematurity, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Cathy Parkes

The following disorders: Apnea of Prematurity, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD), and Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS). The pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, treatment, and nursing care associated with these disorders.

Peds, part 20: Respiratory Disorders - Apnea of Prematurity, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Cathy Parkes

The following disorders: Apnea of Prematurity, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD), and Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS). The pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, treatment, and nursing care associated with these disorders.

Peds, part 19: Respiratory Disorders - Cystic Fibrosis - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 19: Respiratory Disorders - Cystic Fibrosis

Cathy Parkes

Cystic Fibrosis. The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

Peds, part 19: Respiratory Disorders - Cystic Fibrosis

Cathy Parkes

Cystic Fibrosis. The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

Peds, part 18: Respiratory Disorders - Asthma - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 18: Respiratory Disorders - Asthma

Cathy Parkes

Asthma. The pathophysiology associated with asthma, along with asthma classifications (intermittent, mild persistent, moderate persistent, severe persistent). The risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, nursing care, and patient teaching for asthma.

Peds, part 18: Respiratory Disorders - Asthma

Cathy Parkes

Asthma. The pathophysiology associated with asthma, along with asthma classifications (intermittent, mild persistent, moderate persistent, severe persistent). The risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, nursing care, and patient teaching for asthma.

Peds, part 17: Respiratory Disorders - Pertussis, Influenza, Pneumonia - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 17: Respiratory Disorders - Pertussis, Influenza, Pneumonia

Cathy Parkes

Pertussis (whooping cough), influenza, and pneumonia. The pathophysiology, prevention, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders.

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Peds, part 17: Respiratory Disorders - Pertussis, Influenza, Pneumonia

Cathy Parkes

Pertussis (whooping cough), influenza, and pneumonia. The pathophysiology, prevention, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders.

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Peds, part 16: Respiratory Disorders - Epiglottitis, Croup, Bronchiolitis - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 16: Respiratory Disorders - Epiglottitis, Croup, Bronchiolitis

Cathy Parkes

Epiglottis, acute laryngotracheobronchitis (croup), and bronchiolitis (RSV). The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, nursing care, and patient teaching associated with these disorders.

Peds, part 16: Respiratory Disorders - Epiglottitis, Croup, Bronchiolitis

Cathy Parkes

Epiglottis, acute laryngotracheobronchitis (croup), and bronchiolitis (RSV). The pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, nursing care, and patient teaching associated with these disorders.

Peds, part 15: Respiratory Disorders - Strep Throat, Tonsillitis - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 15: Respiratory Disorders - Strep Throat, Tonsillitis

Cathy Parkes

Acute streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat), including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and family teaching for this disorder. In addition, tonsillitis. The pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs/diagnosis, and treatment of tonsillitis....

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Peds, part 15: Respiratory Disorders - Strep Throat, Tonsillitis

Cathy Parkes

Acute streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat), including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and family teaching for this disorder. In addition, tonsillitis. The pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, labs/diagnosis, and treatment of tonsillitis....

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Peds, part 14: Respiratory Disorders - Introduction, Otitis Externa, Otitis Media - LevelUpRN

Peds, part 14: Respiratory Disorders - Introduction, Otitis Externa, Otitis Media

Cathy Parkes

Coverage of Pediatric Disorders (i.e. Alterations in health), beginning with the respiratory system. Otitis externa and otitis media, including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders.

Peds, part 14: Respiratory Disorders - Introduction, Otitis Externa, Otitis Media

Cathy Parkes

Coverage of Pediatric Disorders (i.e. Alterations in health), beginning with the respiratory system. Otitis externa and otitis media, including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders.