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CPN terms
Term | Definition |
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Beneficence | Promote good |
Nonmaleficence | Do no harm |
Justice | Treat all fairly and equally |
Cephalocaudally | Head to toe |
Proximodistally | Trunk to extremities |
Chronological age | Years or months since birth date |
Mental age | Level of cognitive function |
Adjusted/corrected age | Chronological age minus number of weeks born prematurely =< 37 weeks. Used 1st 2 years of life |
Birth weight largely measures | Maternal nutrition |
Magical thinking | Things happen as punishment. Thinks thoughts affect events |
Imaginative play | Children pretend |
Dramatic play | Associated with dress-up or wearing of caregivers clothes and shoes |
Cooperative play | Involves common goals, collaboration and rules |
Team play | Peer interaction and rules that are often enforced by an authoritative figure |
Isotonic | Equal sodium and water losses with normal sodium level |
Hypotonic | Sodium loss > water loss |
Hypertonic | Water > sodium loss |
McBurney's point | Right lower quadrant |
Uncongugated/Indirect bilirubin | Before the liver |
Conjugated/direct | Inside the liver |
Kernicterus | Serum bilingual deposit in brain cells |
Fat soluble vitamins | A, D, E, K |
Ketogenic diet | High fat low carb. Meals balanced proportions of fat, protein, and carbs |
Meningocele | Protrusion of saclike cyst containing meninges but not spinal cord |
Myelomeningocele | Incomplete closure of the posterior portion of the vertebrae laminae sacred containing CSF, meninges, and portion of the spinal cord |
Restraints | Any method, physical or mechanical which restricts a person's movement, physical activity, or normal access to his or her body |
Live vaccines | MMR Varicella Nasal influenza Rotavirus |
Tinea capitus | Lesions in scalp |
Tinea corporis | Lesions on body |
Tinea cruis | "Jock itch" like corporis, pruritic |
Tinea pedis | "Athletes foot" lesions may be fissures between toes or patches with vesicles |
Child neglect | Failure of a parent or person legally responsible for the child's welfare to provide for the child's basic needs and adequate level of care |
Echolalia | Meaningless repetition of words and phrases |
Tolerance | Neuro adaptation to the effects of chronically administered opioid increasing the need or more frequent doses to achieve initial effects of the drug |
Addiction | Consistent pattern of dysfunctional opioid use. Psychological craving |
rooting | stroke cheek will turn toward and start to suck |
babinski reflex | stroke outer sole of foot upward causing hyperextension of toes |
palmar grasp | touch palm fingers will curl |
plantar grasp | fingers placed at base of toes, toes will curl down |
moro | "startle" |
moro | loud noise or sudden movement infant will extend limb and spread fingers then retract limb |
stepping | hold infant upright with feet touching table infant will move legas and feet |
tonic neck | "fencing" |
tonic neck | supine with head turned to one side infant will flex arm and leg on opposite side of body and will extend the arm and leg of the other |
Russell's sign | Calluses of the knuckles or abrasions on does I'm of the hand |
Myxedematous skin changes | Dry skin, puffiness around eyes, sparse hair |
Acanthosis nigricans | Cutaneous think enjoy and hyperpigmentation |
Barlow's sign | Click felt when abducted hip is flexed 90 degrees |
Ortolani's click | Click felt at hip moved addiction to abduction |
Telescoping | Shortened limb on the affected leg |
Trendelenburg's sign |