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Why is assessing growth and development milestones important in pediatric care?
It helps monitor a child’s physical and developmental progress, detect potential delays, and provide appropriate interventions.
What are key areas of illness and injury prevention for children?
Back to sleep for infants, car and environment safety, safer sex education for adolescents.
What are key areas of health promotion for children?
Sports safety and concussion prevention, dental health education, physical fitness and activity.
What are some aspects of health restoration and maintenance for children?
Asthma action plan, care for students with chronic conditions, acute illness care.
What is the role of a nurse in childhood growth and development?
To monitor physical and developmental progress, provide anticipatory guidance, educate parents, and intervene early when necessary.
What are the key aspects of a nurse’s role in childhood growth and development?
Assessing developmental milestones, providing anticipatory guidance, early intervention, promoting healthy behaviors, screening for developmental concerns, supporting parent-child interactions, collaborating with professionals, addressing concerns and reassurance.
What does assessing developmental milestones involve?
Regularly evaluating a child’s physical, cognitive, social, and emotional skills against age-appropriate milestones.
Why is providing anticipatory guidance important?
It educates parents on what to expect at different stages, including potential challenges and safety concerns.
What is the importance of early intervention in pediatric care?
It helps identify children at risk for developmental delays and connects them with necessary services or specialists.
How can nurses promote healthy behaviors in children?
By advising parents on nutrition, sleep hygiene, exercise, and injury prevention.
Why is screening for developmental concerns important?
It helps identify potential issues like language delays, motor coordination difficulties, and social interaction challenges.
How do nurses support parent-child interactions?
By observing and guiding parents to foster healthy attachment and positive development.
Why is collaboration with other professionals important in pediatric care?
It ensures comprehensive care for children with developmental needs through teamwork with therapists, specialists, and social workers.
How do nurses provide reassurance to parents?
By answering questions and providing emotional support about their child’s growth and development.
What is growth?
A quantitative change that involves an increase in physical size, such as height and weight.
What is development?
A qualitative change that involves an increase or change in function, including cognitive, social, and motor skills.
How is development often described?
It is associated with “maturation” and can be subjective, based on description and observation, or measured through standardized tests.
What are the patterns of growth?
Cephalocaudal (head to toe) and proximodistal (center to periphery).
Why is growth a common cause of worry for parents and children?
Due to variability and cultural expectations, which can impact self-esteem and emotional well-being.
Why is early recognition of growth delays important?
It ensures the best long-term outcomes by allowing early intervention.
What factors influence growth?
Genetics, environment, social determinants of health (SDOH), nutrition, prematurity, chronic illness, endocrine disorders.
What are the growth trends for infants?
Rapid growth with a focus on head circumference and weight gain.
What are the growth trends for toddlers?
Slower growth with a focus on motor skill development.
What are the growth trends for preschool and school-age children?
Consistent growth with an emphasis on monitoring early signs of puberty.
What are the growth trends for adolescents?
Growth spurts and sexual maturation, assessed using Tanner staging.
What do CDC and WHO growth charts track?
Height, weight, and head circumference to monitor growth trends and overall health status.
Why are stable growth trends important?
Shifts in growth trends, such as falling off a growth curve or crossing percentiles, can indicate health concerns.
What does falling below the 5th percentile on a CDC growth chart indicate?
Underweight or potential growth delay.
What is considered a healthy weight percentile range on a CDC growth chart?
Between the 5th and 85th percentile.
What percentile range indicates overweight status on a CDC growth chart?
Between the 85th and 95th percentile.
What percentile is classified as obesity on a CDC growth chart?
Above the 95th percentile.
