1. The Preschool Child With a Major Illness
Chapter 21

2. Sensory/Neurologic Disorders
Vision impairment
Types of vision impairment
Errors of refraction
Myopia (nearsightedness)
Hyperopia
Astigmatism
Blindness
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis
Treatment and education
Nursing care for the visually impaired child

3. Sensory/Neurologic Disorders (cont.)
Hearing impairment
Conductive hearing loss
Sensorineural (perceptive) hearing loss
Mixed hearing loss
Central auditory dysfunction

4. Sensory/Neurologic Disorders (cont.)
Reye syndrome
Nursing process
Cerebral palsy
Causes
Prevention
Clinical manifestations and types

5. Sensory/Neurologic Disorders (cont.)
Mental retardation
Causes
Prenatal
Perinatal
Postnatal
Clinical manifestations
Treatment and education

6. Nursing Process for the Child With Cognitive Impairment
Assessment
Nursing diagnoses
Outcome identification and planning
Implementation
Evaluation

7. Respiratory Disorders: Tonsillitis and Adenoiditis
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis
Treatment and nursing care
Nursing process for the child having a tonsillectomy
Assessment
Diagnoses
Outcome identification and planning
Implementation
Evaluation

8. Hematologic Disorders
Hemophilia
Mechanisms of clot formation
Common types of hemophilia
Factor VII deficiency
Factor IX deficiency
Clinical manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Nursing process for the child with hemophilia

9. Hematologic Disorders (cont.)
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: most common type of purpura
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis
Treatment and nursing care
Acute leukemia (ALL): 70% to 75% of all childhood cancers
Pathophysiology
Clinical manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Nursing process

10. Genitourinary Disorders
Acute glomerulonephritis
Clinical manifestations: presenting symptoms appear 1 to 3 weeks after the onset of a streptococcal infection; oliguria
Treatment
Nursing care

11. Genitourinary Disorders (cont.)
Nephrotic syndrome
Clinical manifestations
Diagnosis
Treatment
Nursing process for the child with nephrotic syndrome

12. Communicable Diseases of Childhood
Prevention
Nursing care

13. Communicable Diseases Terminology

14. Communicable Diseases of Childhood
Refer to Table 21.5