Pediatric Nursing: Nervous

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and autism. The symptoms, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for these disorders.

The following genetic disorders: Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome), Fragile X, and Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy. The pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment associated with each of these disorders.

Spina Bifida, including the following 3 types of Spina Bifida: spina bifida occulta, meningocele, and myelomeningocele. The risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, nursing care, and patient teaching associated with spina bifida. Cerebral Palsy, including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, and treatment of this neurological disorder.

Reye's syndrome and Lead Poisoning. The risk factors, signs/symptoms, lab values, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching associated with these disorders.

Meningitis. The pathophysiology, risk factors, prevention, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care associated with meningitis.

Head injuries. The pathophysiology of a head injury, including the primary and secondary injury that occurs with a severe head trauma. The risk factors, signs/symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of a patient with a head injury. Finally, key complications associated with a head injury, including: brain herniation, hemorrhage/hematoma, and hydrocephalus.

Seizures. The pathophysiology and risk factors associated with seizures. The following types of seizures: tonic clonic seizure, absence seizure, myoclonic seizure, atonic seizure, and status epilepticus. The diagnosis, treatment, and nursing care of a patient during and after the seizure. Finally, febrile seizures.

The following visual impairments: myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, amblyopia, and strabismus. The signs/symptoms of vision loss, diagnostic testing for vision loss, treatment, and nursing care for patients with visual impairments. Next, hearing impairments. The difference between conductive and sensorineural hearing loss. The signs/symptoms of hearing loss in both infants and children. Finally, treatment, nursing care, and family teaching for patients with hearing impairments.

Conjunctivitis (or pink eye), including the pathophysiology, signs/symptoms, treatment, and family teaching associated with this eye disorder. Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), including the pathophysiology, risk factors, signs/symptoms, treatment, and prevention of ROP.

The following nervous system diagnostic tests: electroencephalogram (EEG), lumbar puncture, and intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring.