BSNC 5000 Module 4 Pediatrics Study Questions and Correct Answers
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BSNC
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BSNC
What is FASD? Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
A range of health & behavioural problems affecting babies whose mothers drank ETOH during pregnancy.
Causes of FASD Consumption of ETOH during pregnancy
FASD and Cognition Verbal learning Visual-spatial learning Attention Reaction time Executive func...
BSNC 5000 Module 4 Pediatrics Study
Questions and Correct Answers
What is FASD? ✅Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
A range of health & behavioural problems affecting babies whose mothers drank ETOH
during pregnancy.
Causes of FASD ✅Consumption of ETOH during pregnancy
FASD and Cognition ✅Verbal learning
Visual-spatial learning
Attention
Reaction time
Executive functions
FASD and other functions impacted ✅-movements, balance, control of gait
abnormalities in the developing eye, ear, teeth, heart, kidney, liver, and skeletal system.
smooth philtrum, thin vermillion border
growth problems
Small head circumference
seizures
metabolic disorders
developmental psychiatric disorders
How is FASD diagnosed? ✅FAS is diagnosed in the presence of confirmed alcohol
exposure in utero along with the following features:
(1) midfacial dysmorphisms,
(2) growth restriction, and (3) evidence of neurological impairment in 3 or more cognitive
domains, in addition to confirmed or
unknown history of maternal alcohol consumption
FASD Nursing interventions ✅Individualized developmental care
Reduction of noxious environmental stimuli
Help infant achieve self regulation
Monitor weight
Assessing feeding
Strategies for nutritional intake
Peak of developing any cerebral degeneration ✅5 weeks
True of false. Women often know they are pregnant by 3-4weeks ✅False
, Pathophysiology of FASD ✅Decr. Brain vol.
Defects in different regions of the brain;
Frontal lobe,
Corpus Callosum (impaired functions),
Hippocampus (underdeveloped)
Cerebral Cortex (impaired function)
Basal Ganglia (alterations)
Cerebellum (reduced size)
Corpus Callosum is responsible for ✅Develops throughout gestation
Motor tasks and coordination
FASD can cause ATRESIA
hippocampus is responsible for ✅Develops in 2nd and 3rd trimester
learning and memory
Needed to tx short term memory to long term
Cerebral cortex is responsible for ✅Final connections of neurons, 3rd trimester
Abstract thought working memory
Speech
Language comprehension
Basal Ganglia responsible for ✅Movement control
Unconscious and long term memory storage
Cognitive processes
Cerebellum function ✅coordination of voluntary movements and balance
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ✅a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked
by significant deficiencies in communication and social interaction, and by rigidly fixated
interests and repetitive behaviors
Causes of Autism ✅Chromosomal, structural or function brain abnormalities
When is FASD normally diagnosed? ✅At birth (normally) if facial abnormalities are
present
When is autism diagnosed? ✅before age 3, usually 24-48 months
ASD Cognition ✅Attention
central coherence
Executive functions
Intellectual ability
Memory
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