week 11 Flashcards
Intellectual Disability
-Intellectual disability (DI): a general term that encompasses any type of mental difficulty or deficiency
-Includes significant impairment in general intellectual function (reasoning, learning, problem solving), social skills, and adaptive behaviour
-The focus on conceptual, social, and practical skills enables the development of individual treatment plans designed to enhance functioning
-Onset before 18 years of age
-sometimes diagnosis is made at birth
Intellectual Disability- global developmental delay
-Children less than 5 years of age who display significant delay in acquiring early childhood developmental milestones in 2 or more domains of development.
-Gross or fine motor
-Speech/language
-Cognition
-Social/personal
-Activities of daily living
Nursing Care of the Child With Intellectual Disability
-Developmental milestones
-Educating the child and family
-Early intervention
-Teaching the child self-care skills
-Promoting the child’s optimal development
-Encouraging play and exercise
Promoting Inclusive Nursing Care
-Providing means of communication
-Establishing discipline
-Encouraging socialization
-Providing information on sexuality
-Helping families adjust to future care
-Caring for the child during hospitalization
Down Syndrome
-Most common chromosome abnormality
-1 in 750 live births worldwide
-Most common genetic cause of cognitive impairment
Etiology
-Also known as nonfamilial trisomy 21
-Extra chromosome 21 in 95% of cases
Down Syndrome- Diagnostic evaluation
Clinical manifestations
-Square head with upward slant to eyes
-Flat nasal bridge, protruding tongue
-Hypotonia
-Chromosome analysis
-Physical problems
-Congenital heart disease
-Hypothyroidism
-Leukemia
Down Syndrome-Therapeutic management
Available therapies
-Surgery to correct congenital anomalies
-Evaluation of hearing and sight
-Periodic testing of thyroid function
Prognosis
-Nursing care
-Supporting child’s family at time of diagnosis
-Assisting the family in preventing physical challenges
-Assisting in prenatal diagnosis and genetic counselling
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
-Neurodevelopmental disorders
-Impairments in social communication, repetitive, restricted patterns of behaviour, and unusual sensory sensitivities or interests
-Clinical manifestations and diagnostic evaluation
-Failure of social interaction and communication development is the one of the hallmarks of ASD
Early Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children
-Emotional disconnection with others
-Sensitivity to external stimuli
-Ostensible lack of empathy with others, with limited range of emotions
-Unresponsiveness to the usual human interactions
-Difficulties in controlling emotions and physical reactions
-Delayed language development
-Tendency to use nonverbal instead of verbal communication
-Diminished ability to decipher the meaning of others’ facial -expression or demeanor
-Tendency to exhibit repetitive behaviours
Autism Spectrum Disorder- prognosis and care
Prognosis
-Can be improved or overcome - depends on severity
Therapeutic management
-Medications
-Non-pharmacological interventions
-Hormonal therapy
Nursing care
-Interprofessional care
-Highly structured and intensive behaviour modification -programs show most promise
-Supporting the family
Trends in Caring for Children with Complex Conditions
Developmental focus
-Focus on developmental level and coping skills vs. chronological age
Family-centered care
-Family-health care provider communication
-Establishing therapeutic relationships
-Shared decision making
-Normalization
The Family of the Child With a Chronic or Complex Condition
-Impact of the child’s chronic illness or complex condition
-Parents
-Parental roles
-Lone-parent families
Siblings
-Promote healthy sibling relationships
-Help siblings cope
-Involve siblings
The Family of the Child With a Chronic or Complex Condition
-Coping with ongoing stress and periodic crises
-Concurrent stresses within the family
-Coping mechanisms
-Parental empowerment
-Assisting family members in managing feelings
-Shock and denial
-Adjustment
-Reintegration and acknowledgement
-Establishing a support system
-Situational crisis
-Establishing a support system
Nursing Care of the Family and Child with a Chronic or Complex Condition
-Establishing realistic future goals
-Cultivate goals based on child’s goals and values.
-Prolonged survival leads to new decisions and problems.
-Independent living
-Reproductive decisions
-Transition to adult care
General Concepts of Home Care
-Home care trends and needs
-Goals for home care include the following:
-Normalize the life of a child with special needs, including those with technologically complex care
-Minimize the disruptive impact of the child’s condition on the family
-Foster the child’s maximum growth and development
Effective home care
-Intermittent skilled nursing visits
-Private-duty nursing