Assessing children:

Question 1

Divisons of childhood:

Answer 1

Neonate: First 28 days of life
Infant: 1 month to 1 yr 
Toddler: 1 – 3 yrs
Preschooler: 3 – 5 yrs
School age child: 6 – 12 yrs
Adolescent: 13 – 17yrs

Question 2

Vital obs:

Answer 2

Temperature: use tympanic over 6 months, per axilla with digital thermometer under 6 months
Resp rate: count for a full minute
Heart rate: apical best in neonates, radial in older children
BP: as clinically indicated
O2 sats: use foot in young children and age specific probes
Pain: use FLACC , faces