NRSG 4502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Visual Analogue Scale, Tachypnea, Tachycardia
18 Mar 2016
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Chronic - persistent and lasting longer than 6 months. Pain/stress/crying in low birth weight infants; odds of behavioral problems and underlying diiculties is higher. Do they cry: how they normally cope. 5 that looks at age responses to pain. Behavioral: (1) crying (2) restless, agitated (3) short attention span (4) irritable (5) facial grimacing, posturing (6) anorexia (7) lethargy (8) sleep disturbances. *as children get older, you see less behavioral problems. Can use age 3 and up; note whether you"re scaling out of. Developmental: change in responses to pain, altered temperaments. Cognitive: reduction in cognitive function, can"t focus. Iv . 1mg/kg/dose q1-2 h: oral . 2-. 5 mg/kg q4 hr. Nsaid (ask parents if they know whether tylenol or motrin works better) ****we do not give aspirin to children unless it is prescribes for a speciic reason. Link from aspirin to rye syndrome (hepatic. Cream/tegaderm let it sit for almost 60 mins. May seen lidocaine cream injected into a site.
