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Advocacy
- Acting to safeguard and advance the interests of another.
(Ball 966)
- Directed at enabling the child and family to adjust to the changes in the child's health
in their own way.
(Ball 3)
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Case management
- A process that involves the assessment, planning, facilitation, and delivery of
healthcare services, including healthcare options by the interprofessional team to
promote quality and cost effectiveness of care (Woodward & Rice, 2015).
(Ball 4)
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Continuity of care
- The process of facilitating a client's care between and among healthcare providers and
settings based on health needs and available resources.
(Ball 4)
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Clinical reasoning
- The analytical process used when assessing client cues and information, synthesizing
that information and applying it to understand a child's or family's problem or concern,
and then using the nursing process to plan and evaluate the child's care.
(Ball 4)
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Critical thinking
- An individualized, creative thinking or reasoning process that nurses use to solve
problems.
(Ball 4)
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, Evidence-based practice (EBP)
- A problem-solving approach that integrates the best research evidence with a
healthcare professional's clinical expertise and the client's values or preferences (Ritt,
2013).
(Ball 4)
- An approach to problem solving and decision making that is based on the
consideration of data from research, statistical analysis, quality measures, risk
management measurements, and other sources of reliable information.
(Ball 970)
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Clinical practice guideline
- A consensus of evidence-based and expert opinion statements about the care for a
specific diagnosis used to assist the interprofessional team of healthcare providers to
make decisions about the appropriate care of a child who has that condition (Keiffer,
2015).
(Ball 5)
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Collaborative practice
- A comprehensive model of health care that uses an interprofessional team of health
professionals to provide high-quality, cost-effective care.
(Ball 5)
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Family-centered care
- The effort to address and meet the emotional, social, and developmental needs of
children and families seeking health care in all settings
(Ball 6).
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Infant mortality
- Death in infants less than 12 months of age.
(Ball 972)
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Morbidity
- An illness or injury that limits activity, requires medical attention or hospitalization, or
results in a chronic condition
(Ball 7)