ATI PEDIATRICS PROCTORED FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2021/2022

ATI PEDIATRICS PROCTORED FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

1.       When to suspect cancer in a child?

•      Weight loss without an explanation

•      Unexplained fevers

•      Petechiae, bleeding, or bruising

•      Night sweats

•      Tiredness, fatigue, or malaise

•      Lymphadenopathy

•      Headaches

•      Bone pain

•      Unusual masses in neck, nodes, abdomen

•      Abnormal lab values

2.       What is NADIR?

•      lowest point, such as blood count (RBCs, neutrophils, and thrombocytes, hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelets and ANC) after chemotherapy

•      If your child is in the hospital and his ANC is less than 500, he will be placed in protective

isolation

•      Needs blood transfusion when symptomatic:

Hgb levels <8 g/dl

Platelet infusions for frank bleeding or counts of < 10,000