Apply the nursing process in the care of the pediatric client and the family.
Application should include
- understanding assessments
- using diagnostic procedures
- recognizing common signs and symptoms of diseases and disorders
- using preventive measures.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How would normal child growth and development be described?
- What are the steps involved in performing an assessment of the pediatric client, including vital signs, measurements, head-to-toe inspection, neurological response, and parental involvement?
- What are disease conditions specific to various age groups?
- How would pediatric diagnostic tests, such as laboratory tests, lumbar puncture, electroencephalogram, auditory and visual screening tests, and pulse oximeter, be described?
- What are the common signs and symptoms of selected pediatric diseases and disorders, such as
- rash and fever of chickenpox
- shortened leg and limited hip abduction of congenital hip dysplasia
- hip pain and limp of Legg-Calve' Perthes disease
- simian crease
- short, thick neck of Down syndrome
- tachypnea ?
- What are the preventive measures for specific diseases and conditions?