This document discusses key terms and concepts in pediatric nursing. It defines different age groups in pediatric care from neonate to adolescent. Pediatric nursing deals with the holistic care of infants and children. Pediatric nurses play an important role in health promotion, disease prevention, injury prevention, family support, health teaching, and coordination of care for the child and family. Ethical considerations are also important in pediatric nursing care.
This document discusses key terms and concepts in pediatric nursing. It defines different age groups in pediatric care from neonate to adolescent. Pediatric nursing deals with the holistic care of infants and children. Pediatric nurses play an important role in health promotion, disease prevention, injury prevention, family support, health teaching, and coordination of care for the child and family. Ethical considerations are also important in pediatric nursing care.
This document discusses key terms and concepts in pediatric nursing. It defines different age groups in pediatric care from neonate to adolescent. Pediatric nursing deals with the holistic care of infants and children. Pediatric nurses play an important role in health promotion, disease prevention, injury prevention, family support, health teaching, and coordination of care for the child and family. Ethical considerations are also important in pediatric nursing care.
This document discusses key terms and concepts in pediatric nursing. It defines different age groups in pediatric care from neonate to adolescent. Pediatric nursing deals with the holistic care of infants and children. Pediatric nurses play an important role in health promotion, disease prevention, injury prevention, family support, health teaching, and coordination of care for the child and family. Ethical considerations are also important in pediatric nursing care.
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Unit 1
Introduction to pediatric Nursing
1.1 terminologies used in pediatric Nursing
Neonate- From birth to four weeks of life
Infancy- First year of life Toddler- One to 3 years Preschool child(early childhood)- 3 to 6 year s School going child(middle childhood)- - 6 to 10 year(girls) - 6 to 12 years(boys) Contd.. Adolescent: from puberty to adulthood - Prepubescent(earlyadolescents/ late childhood) - 10 to 12 years(girls) - 12 to 14 years( boys) Pubescents(middle adoloscent) - 12 t0 14 years(girls) - 14 to 16 years (boy) Contd.. • Pediatrics word pediatric is derived from greek word “ pedia” meaning child, “iatri” meaning treatment and “ics” meaning a branch of science. Pediatrics is a branch of medical science that deals with child development and care as well as disease of childhood and treatment. Contd.. • Pediatric/Child Health Nursing pediatric nursing is the branch of nursing concerned with providing holistic care of infants and children. Contd.. • Pediatrician It is the person who has specialized to deal with childhood health problems. • Growth It is the process of physical maturation resulting in the increase in size of body and various organs Contd.. • Development it is process of functional and physiological maturation of the individual • Developmental milestone average level of development of different physiologival functions of a child at an anticipated age,with a margin of few months on either side. It has 3 categories ‘motor development’, ‘language development’, and ‘social and behavioural development’. Assignment • Write and present historical development of pediatric nursing Differences between a child and an adult care • Children have proportionately larger body surface area than adults. The smaller the patient, the greater the ratio of surface area (skin) to size. • BSA also parallels certain body functions, including basal metabolic rate and minute volume. Contd.. • Children have thinner skin than adults. They have thinner epidermis and less keratinized skin. • Children have higher respiratory rate than adults which leads to proportionately higher minute volume. Contd.. • Children are generally shorter than adult, their breathing zone is lower to the ground. • Children have immature blood brain barrier and enhanced central nervous system. • Children have higher proportion of rapidly growing tissues than adults. Contd.. • Children have relatively smaller airways compared with adults. The smaller the caliber of the airway, the greater the reduction in airflow as a result of increased pulmonary secretions that occur following to chemicals or edema from inhalation of hot gases. Role of nurses in child care Pediatric nurse is responsible for promoting the health and well being of the child and family. Roles of nurses in child care are as follow: • Therapeutic relationship Pediatric nurses need to have meaningful relationship with child and family yet remain separate enough to distinguish their own feelings and need. Contd.. • Family advocacy and caring Nurses should ensure that families are aware of available health services, adequately informed of treatment and procedures, involved in the child’s care, and encouraged to change/support existing health practices. Contd.. • Disease prevention and health promotion Nurse should be competently involved in assessment of child’s growth and development , nutrition ,immunization ,safety, dental care, socialization ,discipline and education. The best approach to prevention is education and anticipatory guidance. Contd.. • Health teaching Health teaching may be nurse’s direct goal. It is important directly as well as indirectly such as to understand diagnosis and treatment. Contd.. • Injury prevention Injuries kill or disable more children older than 1 year than all the childhood diseases combined. Nurses can provide safety counseling to parents according to child’s age. Contd.. • Support and Counseling The nurse can support children by touching , listening and being physically present. As children mostly show non verbal communication touching and physical presence are most helpful . Counseling involves support , teaching , techniques to foster the expression of feelings or thoughts and help family cope with stress. Contd.. • Coordination and collaboration as a member of health care team nurses should collaborate and coordinate nursing care with care activities of other professional. The concept of holistic care can be best given through unified , interdisciplinary approach. contd • Ethical decision making Parents, nurses and other health care team members may reach different but morally defensible decisions assigning different weights to competing moral values. These moral values may include Autonomy, Nonmaleficence , beneficence and justice.
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