Session 1: History Flashcards
SHEEADSS I’M Very Good
Strengths: strengths or interests
Home: household relationship/family dynamics
Education/employment: school, grade, etc.
Activities
Disabilities/drugs
Sleep/safety/self image/sleep sexuality/suicide/self mutilation
Internet
Media
Violence
Gang
CAGE Questionnaire
Four-question screening tool that evaluates substance use
*Can also be used to identify patterns, consequences, and tolerance of alcohol and other drugs
Inventory History
Listed problems that the patient is asked and checks off if they have; used more in adult medicine
Problem-focused history
Taken for acute illness
Interim History
History of what has happened between last visits
Recapitulation
Useful when a long complicated history or unusual history is presented
*Summarize frequently, especially with unusual histories
Sentence Completion Game
Psychodiagnosis/type of communication tool
*Give the first part of the sentence, child completes the second half of the sentence
Ex: I feel bad when I…
Developmental Considerations when taking history of baby 0-8 Months (3) Overview…
- Examine the child in the mother’s lap
- Once child is able to grasp, give the tongue blade to the child and see what the infant does with it
- Show parents how to react to the child
Communication with Child 0-2 months old (3)
- Note child’s ability to self-quiet and observe tracking behaviors
- Engage the infant by being face-to-face
- Watch them coo
Communication with Child 3-7 months old (5)
- Note social responsiveness
- -Should be very social: smiling, peek-a-boo, etc. - Reaching out play
- Mother-child interactions
- While you watch interactions, note if they are using legs and hands equally - How does child use hands and mouth in exploration?
- How does the parent see the child?
Communication with Child 8-12 months old (5)
- At 8 months –> object permanence and infant hatching occurs (coming in to his or her own)
- Greater sense of self
- If you take off something, put it back on to make sure infant feels safe
- Put stethoscope on mom’s arm first, then infant’s chest
- Develops separation anxiety
Communication with Child 12-18 months old (3)
- Age of separation anxiety
- Observe the child’s social distance - the limit of proximity that the child allows you before showing signs of distress
- Does child appear depressed? baby’s reflect maternal depression
Communication with Child 18 months-2 years old
18 months-2 years old = Toddlerhood
- Communication by observation
- Look for interactions with toys and caretakers
- Look for aggressive behavior or hyperactivity - Look for maternal-child mismatch
Preschool age
2-5 years old
Interviewing the child 2-3 years old (2)
- Ask the child’s name and age, guess wrong and play game with child
- Play with puppets nurse-doctor games; have a medical kit in the office and have the child play with it and a doll
Interviewing the child 3-5 years old (3)
- Obtain initial history from child; by 2 years old you want to talk to the kid a lot
- Draw-a-person test
- gives idea of how they can handle a pencil and how developed they are - Has no concept of illness
Pre-Schoolers Development (4)
- Concept of illness is not clear, feel guilty when someone is sick around them
- Cannot judge size well
- Does not understand concept of time or people permanence
- Ask child what they think made them sick
- introduce germs, give band-aids, allow child to cry if upset
School-Aged Children
6-10 years old
Communication with School-Aged Child (6)
- Sense of mastery and privacy is very important
- Oriented toward peer-group
- Ask about school life
- Ask if child wants to stay home or go to school. If wanting to stay home, suspect learning disability, emotional difficulties, or separation difficulty - Very concrete thought processes; tend not to talk and keeps feelings inwards
- Can be very quiet or introverted - Ask about social life and obtain peer history
- Ask about home life (3 wishes)