Week 1: Perspectives Of Pediatic Nursing

Question 1

What is the major goal of pediatric nursing?

Answer 1

to improve the quality of health care for all children

Question 2

When do children develop eating habits?

Answer 2

first 3 years of life

Question 3

What are the 4 categories of concern in social issues that decrease quality of life?

Answer 3

physical & environmental
-variations in emotional/ behavioral dev.
-behaviors affecting physical risk
-severe behavioral deviations

Question 4

What are the two portions of family-centered care?

Answer 4

Enabling
Empowerment

Question 5

Enabling?

Answer 5

current abilities/ competencies
acquire new abilities as needed.

Question 6

Empowerment:

Answer 6

allowing the family to maintain a sense of control
foster families abilities and strength

Question 7

Benefits of Family Centered care/

Answer 7

greater feelings of confidence, cost of care lowers, family dependence on provider lowers

Question 8

Atraumatic Care:

Answer 8

minimize or eliminate distress (psychologic/physical)
-minimize separation, sense of control, prevent pain

Question 9

Anticipatory care:

Answer 9

preparing families for normal developmental changes

Question 10

What is a family?

Answer 10

whatever a person considers it to be, none are “typical”

Question 11

Prenatal period:

Answer 11

embryonic Conception
-Fetus (9weeks-birth)
-Infancy (Neonate=birth-28 days, Infant= 28 days-1yr)
-Early Childhood (toddler= 1-3 years, preschooler=3-6 years)
-Middle childhood (school age=6-12 years)
-Later childhood (adolescent 12-24 yrs)

Question 12

Predictable patterns of Development:

Answer 12

Continuous, orderly, progressive

Question 13

Cephalocaudal

Answer 13

head -to-tail

Question 14

Proximodistal

Answer 14

near-to-far

Question 15

Differentiation

Answer 15

simple to complex

Question 16

Growth:

Answer 16

increased size and weight of the whole or any of its parts

Question 17

Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development:

Answer 17

Trust vs. Mistrust (birth- 1 year)
Autonomy vs. Shame (1-3 years)
Initiative vs. Guilt (3-6 years)
Industry vs. inferiority (6-12 years)
Identity vs. Role Confusion (12-18 years)

Question 18

Piaget’s Cognitive Dev.

Answer 18

Sensorimotor: (birth-2 years)
Preoperational: (2-7 years egocentrism)
Concrete Operational: (7-11 years, thoughts more logical)
Formal Operational: (11-15 years, more abstract thinking)

Question 19

What do children learn through play?

Answer 19

-what adults are unable to teach them, how to deal with objects, time, space, structure, and people. About themselves

Question 20

Content of Play:

Answer 20

-social affective play
-sense-pleasure play
-skill play
-unoccupied behavior
-pretend play
-games

Question 21

Social Character of Play:

Answer 21

-onlooker
-solitary
-parallel
-associative
-cooperative