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What are common pediatric healthcare settings - Correct
Answers ✅-Hospital, pediatric wards, ICU, newborn nursery,
ED
-physician office, clinics, healthcare centers
-child's home
-rehab centers & residential tx centers
-schools, childcare center, camp
-community
What is the role of nurse in pediatric healthcare? - Correct
Answers ✅-interact with children of different age & family
-modify physical assessment techniques for age &
development of child
-reduce pain & stress
-calculate med dosages & volume
-consider child's developmental status for client safety &
injury prevention activities
-adapting nursing procedures to developmental age of the
child
what is direct nursing care - Correct Answers ✅-assess the
child, identify health concern, lists nursing diagnoses
describing responses of child & family
-care designed to meet physical & emotional needs of the
child and family - tailored to child's developmental stage
, principles of pediatric nursing ch 1 Exam
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-minimize psychologic & physical stress
-listen to concerns, present during stressful or emotional
situations, implement coping strategies
How to educate pediatric patients - Correct Answers ✅-
may be challenging because of range of understanding
-goals in helping child & parent/guardians make informed
choices, adapt to healthcare settings, prepare procedures
-understand child's developmental level
-encourage parent to stay w/ child
-assessment of child's & family's knowledge of health
education
What are strategies for adapting reading level of patient
education? - Correct Answers ✅-use short, familiar words
-avoid med jargon
-use pictures/graphics
-use active voice
-use "must" to express requirement
-divide content into small sections & use headers
-use lists & tables to simplify content
-use computer program to evaluate reading level