Chapter 1- Perspectives of Pediatric Nursing Flashcards
Healthy People 2020 Goals: (2)
Increase quality and length of healthy life
Eliminate health disparities
Healthy People 2020 Leading health indicators (10)
Physical activity
Overweight and obesity
Tobacco use
Substance abuse
Responsible sexual behavior
Mental health
Injury and violence
Environmental quality
Immunization
Access to health care
Single most common chronic disease of childhood:
dental caries
Problems that can negatively impact a child’s development (7)
poverty
violence
aggression
noncompliance
school failure
adjustment to parental separation
divorce
Most common nutritional problem among American children:
Childhood obesity
Overweight youth have increased risk for (5)
metabolic syndrome
hypertension
altered glucose metabolism
dyslipidemia
abdominal obesity in future
Leading cause of injury mortality:
suicide!
Overwhelming causes of death in children:
Motor vehicle accidents (occupant, pedestrian, bicycle and motorcycle deaths)
Childhood injury risk factors include:
Sex
Temperament
stress
alcohol and drug use
hx of previous injury
developmental characteristics
cognitive characteristics
anatomic characteristics
2nd leading cause of death in adolescent females:
intentional poisoning associated with drug and alcohol abuse and suicide attempt
Infant mortality rate
number of deaths in the first year of life per 1000 live births
Neonatal mortality
<28 days of life
Postneonatal mortality
28 days to 11 months
5 leading causes of death in children ages 1-4
Accidents
Congenital anomalies
Homicide
Cancer
Heart Disease
5 Leading causes of death in children ages 5-9
Accidents
Cancer
Congenital anomalies
Homicide
Influenza and pneumonia
