During care of an adolescent, is it okay to include family in treatment process?
Yes
Which technique is this for managing disruptive behavior?
An agreement between patient and nurse about behaviors, expectations, and needs.
Behavioral contract
Which technique for managing disruptive behaviors is this:
Verbal interactions, role laying, and modeling to teach, coach, or maintain adaptive behavior and provide positive reinforcement.
Counseling
Which technique for managing disruptive behaviors is this:
A method of learning behaviors or skills by observation and imitation that can be used in a wide variety of situations.
Modeling
Which technique for managing disruptive behaviors is this:
A technique in which the nurse, patient, or group of youngsters acts out a specified script to enhance understanding, learn, and practice new behaviors.
Role playing
Which technique for managing disruptive behaviors is this:
When behaviors are determined by staff to be attention seeking and not dangerous, they may be dismissed. Additional interventions may be used in conjunction.
Planned ignoring
Which technique for managing disruptive behaviors is this:
Use a word or eye contact to remind the child to use self-control. example: placing your fingers to lips and make eye contact to remind to be quiet
Use of signals or gestures
Which technique for managing disruptive behaviors is this:
Changing an activity in a way that will decrease the stimulation or frusteration (shorten a story or change to a physical activity)
Restruction
Which technique for managing disruptive behaviors is this:
Refers to a procedure in which an individual is required or expected to correct the adverse environmental or relational effects of his/her misbehavior by restoring the environment to its prior state. (apologizing, fixing chairs that were upturned)
simple restitution
The phenomenon of _____ has been used to describe the relationship between a child's inborn strengths and that child's success in handling stressful environmental factors
Resilience
What is the most prevalent form of child abuse in the US?
Neglect
What age does autism spectrum disorders usually appear?
first 3 years of life
What s/s will you see a child or infant with ASD?
Infant and small child often stiffen when being held, do not smile or make eye contact with parent or caregiver
Which of the following symptoms do autistic children often display?
C.
T of F: ASD is more likely in girls (4x)
false
What age do number of synapses peak at?
5
Which medications an be used for ASD to reduce harmful behaviors?
Risperidone
Olanzapine
Quetiapine
Ariprazole
Which class of medication can be used for mood and anxiety reduction in ASD?
SSRIs - increases tolerance of stimuli
A child who has ADHD mainly needs:
A.
T or F: ADD is more frequent on girls
true
ADHD is frequently dx with what 2 other disorders?
1. oppositional defiant disorder
2. conduct disorder
Which coping skills will help with ADHD interventions?
Adaptive and mature coping skills
What psychostimulants are used for ADHD?
Methylphenadate (Ritalin)
Aphetamine salts (Adderall)
ADHD are best used in AM or PM? why?
AM: d/t insomnia
ADHD are evidenced by what?
s/s of inattentiveness, hyperactivity, impulsivity
The nurse is preparing to assess a child who primarily speaks Spanish but is fluent in English. Which is the appropriate method for gathering information?
C.
The nurse educator is teaching a new nurse about seclusion and restraint. Order the following interventions from least (1) to most (4) restrictive:
a. Allowing the patient to sit in the sensory room
b. Placing the patient in physical restraints
c. Placing the patient in a locked seclusion room
d. Offering a PRN medication by mouth
a = 1
b = 4
c = 3
d = 2
A 7-year-old male without any other diagnosed problem engages in jaw clenching and rocking back and forth. Which condition should the nurse anticipate?
B.
Which children with ADHD are hyperactive:
C.
A nurse working in a peds clinic is caring for a preschool age child who has a new dx of ADHD.
When teaching the parent about this disorder, which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
