Well Child Exam Flashcards
Beneficial Things About Well-Child Care
Form relationship with parents & child
Vaccinations
Pick up odd things in a child
Approach to a Well Child Visit
Laid-back Attitude Speak directly to child Complement the child in some way Smile Be non-threatening
What Should be Assessed in a Well-Child Visit?
Growth measurements Interval History PE abnormalities Developmental assessment Anticipatory Guidance Immunizations Answer questions
What types of measurements should we measure?
Height
Weight
Head circumfrence
Interval History Questions
How you feeling? Baby/child doing? How things going since last visit? Appropriate follow-up questions Devote entire time to situation
Areas to be Assessed for a Developmental Assessment
Gross motor Fine motor Language Personal-social Vision Hearing
Developmental Delays
Motor delays- 1st year
Language delays- toddler-preschool years
Learning disabilities- school years
Reasons for a Motor Delay
Neuromuscular
Genetic/Metabolic
Infectious
Reasons for Language Delay
Hearing loss
Mental retardation
Importance of Early Detection of Developmental Programs
Live independently
Graduate from HS
Contribute to society
Save society $30,000-$100,000 per child
Types of Standardized Instruments for Developmental Assessment
Denver II
Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ)
Brigance Screening
Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS)
Denver II Developmental Assessment Scale
Children 0-6 years
Four areas included: gross motor, fine motor, personal-social, and language
Denver II Advanced
Child passes item that falls completely to the right of the age line
Denver II Normal
Child passes, fails, or refuses item on which the age line falls between the 25th and 75th percentile
Denver II Caution
Child fails or refuses item on which the age line falls between the 75th and 90th percentile
Denver II Delayed
Child fails or refuses item that falls completely to the left of the age line
Denver II Pass
No delays and a maximum of one caution
Denver II Failure
Two or more delays noted
Denver II Re-evaluate in 3 months
1 Delay and/or 2 or more cautions
Denver II Untestable
Significant number of refusal or no opportunity test items
Denver II Criticisms
Takes time
Norms established not representative of whole population
Some items difficult to test
Requires a number of items to administer test thoroughly
High over-referral rate
Ages & Stages Questionaire (ASQ)
Info from parents Developmental problems 10-15 minutes to complete 4 months-5 years Separate form for each visit Available in English, Spanish, Korean, & French Standardized scoring Photocopied
Brigance Screening
Observation & elicitation of skills
Newborn- 8 years
Based on age
10-15 minutes
Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS)
Info from parents Newborn- 8 years 10 questions English, Spanish, & Vietnamese 2 minutes Standardized scoring
What is one advantage of the ASQ?
Gets parents involved in child’s care
More aware of child’s abilities/limitations
Saves time
High Impact Anticipatory Guidance
No smoking
Reading to the child
Newborn Anticipatory Guidance
Review feeding method Sleep position & environment Care of skin, cord, circumcision Breast engorgement, vaginal discharge Jaundice Injury Prevention When/why to call Dr. Individuality of infant
Newborn Injury Prevention
Microwave safety (bottles) Car seat safety Crib safety Siblings Pets Smoke detectors Hot water heater temp setting (120) UV protection Smoke free home
Two-week Anticipatory Guidance
Answer questions about breast or formula feeding
Sleep patterns
Social Interaction with family
Injury prevention
Two-week Injury Prevention
Car seat safety Smoke detectors Hot water temp "Back to sleep" Violence prevention Education about colic Educate on shaken baby syndrome UV protection Smoke free home
Why shouldn’t we give a little child honey?
Clostridium botulinum
Two-month Anticipatory Guidance
Nutrition (Vit. D, iron, fluoride, defer solids and honey) Sleeping issues Pay with, talk to, cuddle infant Read to child Educate about sibling time Signs of maternal depression Injury Prevention
Two-month Injury Prevention
Smoke free home
Gun safety
Four-month Anticipatory Guidance
6 URI’s/year
Elimination
Nutrition (solids, avoid honey)
Injury Prevention
Four-month Injury Prevention
Smoke free home
Safe toys
Heating food in microwaves
UV protection