Question | Answer |
What determines how a child is transported in the hospital | Age, LOC, How far the child must travel |
How are older children transported | The same as adults |
How are younger children transported | Cribs, Pediatric wheelchair, Stretcher, Wagon |
What position are a stretcher’s side rails in for pediatric transport | Up |
Before a child leaves the unit, what does the nurse check | The ID band is secure |
What notation is made when a child leaves the unit | Where they are going, Why, and Who is accompanying the child |
What are the safe positions for holding an infant | Colic carry, Cradle position, Football position, Upright position |
What kind of support is necessary for young infants | Head and Back |
Why must small children be held securely | Movements are random and uncoordinated |
What hold is useful when one hand needs to be free | Football |
When is the football hold useful | When one hand needs to be free |
A ____ ____ might be used when bathing an infant’s head | Football hold |
When is a mummy restraint used | For examination or treatments such as venipuncture or nasogastric tube insertion |
What are the benefits of a mummy restraint | Effectively controls the child’s movements, and can be modified to expose an arm, leg, or the chest as needed |
A ____ ____ is the same as swaddling | Mummy restraint |
A mummy restraint is the same as ____ | Swaddling |
When might restraints be used on children | To facilitate examinations or treatments and to maintain safety |
When using a restraint ___ must be explained to the ____ and ____ | Reason for it – parent and child |
When are restraints used for children | Only when necessary |
Restraints should involve limitation of | The fewest joints possible |
Excessive restraint can lead to | Infant or child fighting, thereby wasting energy and increasing oxygen consumption needs |
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