pedi infectious?? any hints??

[GretaRN]

Hi all,

does anyone have any trick to remembering all the communicable diseases such as chicken pox, measles etc.....isolation, infectious time etc. any hints will be greatly appreciated.....thanks....

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

don't know of any special mnemonic. you may want to create your own. there is a chart of the common communicable diseases in taber's cyclopedic medical dictionary somewhere close to the communicable diseases entry in the book. the immunization schedules are listed in the appendix of mosby's medical, nursing, & allied health dictionary, but i've also given you a link to an online resource in the merck manual. here are links to information on childhood communicable diseases with links to information about them. webmd has nice, easy to understand information and i've also given you a link to the section of the online merck manual on infectious disease. the children's hospital of philadelphia has a very nice listing of communicable diseases along with information about them. most of this information was obtained through medline plus (http://www.medlineplus.gov/).

• http://www.visualdxhealth.com/diseasegroups/childcontagiousdiseases.htm - photos of childhood contagious diseases - click on the titles of the photos for more description and pictures
  • http://www.webmd.com/parenting/understanding-fifth-disease-basics - fifth disease (erythema infectiosum)
    
  • http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/roseola-topic-overview - roseola
    
  • http://children.webmd.com/tc/measles-rubeola-topic-overview - rubeola (measles)
    
  • http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-chickenpox-basics - chickenpox (varicella)
    
  • http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-scarlet-fever-basics - scarlet fever
    
  • http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14/ch193/ch193e.html?qt=rubella&alt=sh - rubella (german measles)
    
  • http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec10/ch121/ch121e.html?qt=scabies&alt=sh - scabies
    
  • http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/eye-health-conjunctivitis - conjunctivitis (pink eye)
    • http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec09/ch098/ch098j.html?qt=pink%20eye&alt=sh - pink eye (symptom)

    [*]http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/ringworm-of-the-scalp-or-beard-topic-overview - ringworm of the scalp (tinea capitus)

    [*]http://children.webmd.com/tc/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-topic-overview - hand-foot-and-mouth-disease

  [*]http://www.chop.edu/consumer/your_child/condition_section_index.jsp?id=-9185 - childhood infectious diseases (from children's hospital of philadelphia) use the links at the left of the page to access a list of specific diseases and get to information about each

  [*]http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14.html - listing of infectious diseases in the online merck manual that you can link into

  [*]http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14/ch169/ch169b.html - schedule of routine vaccinations

  [*]http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/immunization.html - links to more information about immunization

[jadu1106]

i just made flashcards. put the name of the disease on 1 side, with all the info on the other, including, incubation period, when symptoms start to appear, etc etc. i found this to be the most helpful way considering there are so many in the pedi rotation. best of luck to you! :)