Pediatric Nursing: Musculoskeletal

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis and osteomyelitis. The cause, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and family teaching for juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of osteomyelitis.

Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Rickets. The cause, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of osteogenesis imperfecta. The cause, risk factors, signs and symptoms, labs, and treatment of Rickets.

Legg-Calve Perthes disease and clubfoot. The risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Legg-Calve Perthes. Risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and family teaching for clubfoot.

Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH). What DDH is, risk factors for DDH, signs and symptoms of DDH, diagnosis of DDH, and treatment of DDH. Important information regarding a Pavlik harness.

Scoliosis. The signs and symptoms, use of the Adam's forward bend test to screen for scoliosis, treatment of scoliosis, and nursing care following spinal surgery.

Pediatric musculoskeletal disorders, starting with positional plagiocephaly. What positional plagiocephaly is, symptoms of positional plagiocephaly, treatment of positional plagiocephaly, and family teaching to treat or prevent positional plagiocephaly.