Pediatrics Test 1: Assessment of child and family Flashcards

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Communicating with adolescents

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Encourage expression. Of idea and feeling
Allow them time away from thir parents
Tolerate their differences and celebrate their achievements
Respect their need for privacy
Listen
Br courteous, calm and open minded
Try to not over react
Avoid judging or criticizing
Spend time
Set a good example
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Communicating with children

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Take your time: allow child to develop sense of comfort
Use your face: extend a sense of who you are
Move slow to touch and start with safe body parts
Use play and song to create and okay atmosphere
Br at eye level if possible
Allow child to stay in parents arms
Be honest
Allow expressions of fear or concern
Egocentric: see things in relationship to themselves or their point of view
Tell them what they can do and how they will feel
Direct and concrete
Developmentally appropriate language
Give explanations and reason
Functionality
Heightened
Let them be involved: give them two choices

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Communicating with families

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  • be attentive to the needs of the parents to be the decision make, to be an advocate for their child, to be responsible for ADL’s, to respect their cultures and religion
  • encourage patient and family to talk, use open ended questions, using non verbal ques to direct
  • listen and be objective
  • be empathetic, understand what another person is experiencing from within that persons frame of reference

Use silence
Goal is to spend time in the room

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Health history

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Patient identifying information 
Chief complaint
History of present illness
- Past medical history: prenatal, natal and postnatal, past illness, allergies, accidents, hospitalization or surgery, immunization history, nutrition history, growth and development
- review of systems: psychological, behavioral, sleep, elimination, menstraul
Current medication
Medication history
Family history
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Ocioeconomic
Development
ADL's 
Education
Symptoms
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Dietary history

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Usual meal times
What food is prepared in your home
Child's favorite food
Allergies
Food child won't consume
Culture and food
Do you sit ad a family to eat
What does your child eat in a typical day
Had your child lost or gained weight
Has your child had feeding difficulties
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Recommended whole grain

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2 oz per day, upto 1 yer

7 oz per day 14-18 year old bo

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Vegetable servings

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3/4 cup age 1 and up

3 cups 14/-18

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Fruit serving

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1 cup per day upto 1 year

2 cup per day 14-17

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Milk servings

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2 cups per day 2-8

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Meat and bean serving

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5 ounces per day

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Calories needs

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900- 1 year
1800 - 14-18 year old girl
2200 - 14-18 year old boy

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Physical activity recommendations

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60 minut per day

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