Title: Health Promotion of the Child and Family
Course: NUR 1411C Nursing for the Family Part 2 > Section: Module 1

The focus of Pediatric Nursing is the promotion of the highest level of health in every child.  To this the pediatric nurse works to assist children to achieve and maintain optimal health and development, while treating and rehabilitating those with health deviations. Pediatric nursing focuses on the child within the dynamic system of the family.  Children and families are challenged by many developmental changes and aspects of growth for which families look to health care professionals for assistance. In this module, we will explore the childhood developmental issues and the impact that development has on the child as he/she enters the healthcare system.  Topics are divided into three basic issues in the care of the child and include health promotion, care of the hospitalized child, and care of the child with special needs.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the module the student will be able to:

- Discuss Pediatric development at various ages using the following theorists.
  - Erickson-Psychosocial development
  - Piaget-Cognitive Development
- Define the social characteristics and use of play in children of various ages.
  - Play and the hospitalized child
  - Toy and safety issues
- Discuss the role of the Denver II in assessing early development.
- Develop a protocol for administration of immunizations in infants and children
  - Nurses' role
  - Legal aspects
  - Contraindications
  - Parent teaching
- Discuss the role of following concepts in the care of a hospitalized child and their family.
  - Family Centered Care
  - Enabling and Empowering
  - Atramatic Care
- Apply appropriate assessment and approach techniques for children of various age groups for the following:
  - Preforming a physical assessment
  - Communicating with child of various ages
  - Pediatric variations for nursing care
- Identify common age related stressors of hospitalization. Develop an age appropriate plan of care to minimize or prevent stressors of hospitalization in various age groups.
- Formulate a plan of care for assessing and managing pain in children of various ages.
- Define and analyze the components of cognitive impairment, including risk factors and classifications.  Develop a plan of care for the child that promotes optimum development or the child with cognitive impairment in the community and in the hospital.
- Define and apply knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder to the management of the child within the hospital and community.
- Utilize knowledge of the incidence and risk factors related to Sudden Infant Death to support and educate parents.
- Define child abuse and maltreatment.
  - Identify common signs of abuse in children.
  - Evaluate elements that put the child at risk for abuse.
  - Describe the nurse's ethical and legal responsibilities when dealing with child abuse
- Apply knowledge of Non Organic Failure to Thrive to develop a plan of care for both the child and parent.
- Analyze data to include: manifestations, diagnostic evaluation, and management of a child with Attention Deficit Disorder.
- Utilize safe dose for pediatric medication administration using the following formulas:
  - mg/kg/day
  - mg/kg/dose

Readings: Perry

- Chapter 29: p. 791-2 Family Centered Care Box 29-1
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36: p. 957-960; Table 36-1, Table 36-2
- Chapter 36 :p. 978-991; Table 36-5, Family Centered care box, p.990
- Chapter 36: p. 1003-1012; Guidelines 1005; Patient Teaching Box p. 1011
- Chapter 37: p. 1019—1026; Table 37-1
- Chapter 38: p. 1044-1045, 1047-1048; Table 38-1, p. 1050-1051
- Chapter 38: p. 1066-1074; Family Centered care Box p. 1075
- Chapter 39: p. 1079-1084, p.1087 Family Centered Care Box, p. 1084 Table 39-1- p. 1086-1087
- Chapter 40: p. 1109-1111
- Chapter 41 p. 1146-1164
- Chapter 42 p. 1177-1186; p. 1198-1201
- Chapter 44
Websites - Video Lectures
All open in new window, 3-7 minutes each
- Child Growth and Development
- Hospitalization of Children
- Medication of Children
- Vital Signs and Fever
- Pain Management on Children
- Failure to Thrive
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Child Abuse
- Pediatric Safe Dose and Weight
- Pediatric Safe Dose and Weight Practice