SOLUTION
State Nurse Practice Act - Defines Scope of Practice
Guide for what you CAN and CANNOT do
Exceptions to HIPPA - Danger to self, danger to others, being harmed
Patient Assent - Research; 7 years or older; An adjunct to concent
Active affirmation of the desire to participate
Nursing Research Purpose - Generate new knowledge- "Producer"
Data collection; identify clinical questions
EBP - change practice through research; "consumer"
beneficence - promote good
Nonmaleficence - do no harm
cephalocaudally - from head to toe
ex. head control then sitting then walking
proximodistally - from trunk to tips
ex.moving arms before pincher grasp
Growth pattern of infant - rapid; head grows the fastest
Growth pattern of toddler - slow; trunk grows fastest
Growth pattern of school age - Slow; limbs grow fastest
Growth pattern of adolecents - rapid; trunk and gonads fastest
Formula for adjusted age - chronological age minus # weeks premature
When does a childs birth weight double - 6 months
When does birth weight triple - 1 year
When does birth length double - 4 years
When is a child about 1/2 their adult height - 2 years
Erikson-Trust vs Mistrust - Infant- primary caregiver meets needs; consistancy
Piaget- Sensirimotor - Infant; child learns through environment; progresses from reflex
activity to smple repitition; cause and effect; object permanence