NURS 3550 HESI Study Guide PDF

**NURS 3550 HESI "Study Guide"** Dosage Calculation - IV rates: mL/hr - PO: mg/mL, weight based dosing Growth and Development/Assessment - Erikson stages - Auscultation sites - Infant milestones - Thorax assessment Fluid and Electrolytes - Hypokalemia: Interventions Pain/pro...

**NURS 3550 HESI "Study Guide"** Dosage Calculation - IV rates: mL/hr - PO: mg/mL, weight based dosing Growth and Development/Assessment - Erikson stages - Auscultation sites - Infant milestones - Thorax assessment Fluid and Electrolytes - Hypokalemia: Interventions Pain/procedures - Infant pain interventions/assessment - Pre-procedure support for school age Pediatric Infection - Conjunctivitis: Teaching - Varicella: Vaccine education - Immunization teaching Respiratory - Otitis Media: Education - Asthma: Albuterol, hyperventilating concerns - RSV: s/s of respiratory distress - Near-drowning: Interventions - Acute epiglottitis: Assessment, monitoring - Croup: Interventions Safety/Parenting - SIDS: Safe sleep practices - Infant: Milestones - Toddler: Nutrition - Limit setting Cancer - Leukemia: Teaching - Wilms tumor: Preop - Osteosarcoma: Patho - Transfusion reaction, fever Musculoskeletal - Traction care - Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Pain management - Club foot: Teaching Gastrointestinal - Appendicitis: Assessment, intervention - Newborn: Not passing meconium - Pyloric stenosis: Monitoring - Weight management: School age - Celiac disease: Diet - Biliary atresia Genitourinary - Chronic kidney disease: Teaching - Nephrotic syndrome: IV Albumin - Hypospadias: Repair - Exstrophy of the bladder: Preop considerations - Inguinal hernia: Education - UTI: Interventions - Enuresis: Interventions Cardiovascular - Rheumatic fever: Cause - Ventricular Septal Defect: Repair, pre/post op teaching - Coarctation of the Aorta: Repair - Kawasaki disease: Teaching - Tetralogy of Fallot: Post-op education - Heart failure: Digoxin (overdosing) - Endocarditis: Echo Mental Health - Anxiety - Psychosocial support for different age groups - ADHD: Education Dermatology - Head Lice: Education - Lyme disease: Assessment Hematology - Sickle Cell: Sickle cell crisis - PO iron administration Endocrine - Precocious (early) puberty development: Education - Menarche: Normal ages - Testicular pain: Action steps - Diabetes: Interventions - Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Insulin administration - Hypothyroidism: Lab monitoring - SIADH: Interventions - Hypoparathyroidism: Assessment Neurology - Autism: Assessment considerations - Tay-Sach's Disease: Assessment - Meningitis: Interventions, prioritization - Near-drowning: Interventions - VP shunts: Interventions - ICP: Assessment Unspecified category - Triaging acute illness - Family-centered care during trauma/emergency