Pedatrics/Family Flashcards
Family
individuals who are joined together by marriage, blood, adoption, or residence in the same household. Depend on each other for emotional, physical, and economic support. Families are guided by a set of values or beliefs
Types of families
- Traditional Nuclear Family
- Two-Income Family
- Blended Family
- Extended Family
- Single-Parent Family
- Binuclear Family
- Heterosexual Cohabitating Family
- Gay and Lesbian Family
Roles of the Family
- Caring, nuturing and educating children
- Maintaining the continuity of society by transmitting its knowledge, customs, values, and beliefs to children
- Recieving and giving love
- Preparing children to become productive members of society
- Meeting the needs of its members
- Serving as a buffer bwtween its members and environmental and societal demands while addressing the interests and needs of the individual family members
Rooming In
Parents are allowed to stay with hospitalized children
Family-centered care
mutually beneficial partnership develops between families and the RN, so the priorities and needs of the family are addressed when the family seeks healthcare for the child
Elements of family centered care
- family is the constant
- family-professional collaboration
- family-professional communication
- cultural diversity of families
- comping differences
- family-centered peer support
- specialed service and support systems
- holistic perspective of family-centered care
Family Structural Assessment Areas
- Family Composition
- Home and Community Environment
- Occupation and Education of Family Members
- Cultural and Religious Traditions
Family Functional Assessment Areas
- Family Interactions and roles
- Power, decision making, and problem solving
- Communication
- Expression of feelings and individuality
Well Child Care
includes health promotion and health protection. Health promotion refers to activities that increase the well-being and enhances wellness or health
Examples of health promotion
- enhance nutrition
- integrate physical activity into daily events
- provide adequate housing
- promote oral health
- foster positive personality development
- provide anticipatory guidance - understand upcoming developmental stages and teach families how to create an environment to meet the milestones of the stages
Primary Prevention
Activities that decrease opportunity for illness of injury such as immunizations and car seats
Secondary Prevention
Early diagnosis and treatment of a condition to lessen its severity such as developmental screening and vision and hearing screening
Tertiary prevention
Restoration to optimum function such as rehabilitation and disease management programs
Common health problems in infants
- Nutritional disburances
- Feeding Difficulities
- Disorders of unknown etiology (apnea, SIDS)
Common health problems in toddler and preschooler (1-5 years)
- Infectious Disorders
- Intestinal parasitic disease
- Ingestion of injurious agents
- Child Maltreatment
Common Health Problems in School Age and Adolescent (6-18)
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Smoking
- Altered growth and maturation
- Disorders r/t the reproductive system
- Health problems r/t sexuality
- Eating Disorders
- Disorders with behavioral components
- Substance Abuse
- Suicide
Infant Developmental
- By 6 months, infants have developed an awareness of themselves as separate from their parents
- They are unaware of the effects of illness, but are capable of sensing distress in their parents
Toddler and Preschooler Developmental
- Begin to understand illness, but not its cause
- Two unrelated events may appear to have cause and effect relationship for young children
- Children may blame othe rpeople, events, or themselves for becoming ill
- The child’s concept of the body usually is limited to names and locations of some body parts
School-age Developmental
- The child’s concept of body parts and function is maturing
- Older school-age children have a more realistic understanding of the reasons for illness and are able to comprehend explanations