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provide patient care at developmentally appropriate levels and decrease family stress
also: educate the child and family, case management, patient advocate, research |
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| Settings for a Pediatric Nurse |
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| acute care, doctor's office, community, long term care, rehab, home health, schools |
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| measures illness in a population per 1000 persons |
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| number of persons who died in a certain period of time |
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| difficulties that occur by gender, race, ethnicity, education, income, location |
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-decrease fetal, infant, and childhood death rates
-increase proportion of children, with special needs, who get care in family-centered coordinated systems
-increase "medical home" access
-increase developmental delay screenings |
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| care that has a mutually beneficial partnership developed between familyies, the nurse, and other health care providers |
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| School Health Nurse Roles |
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-promote health, success, and lifelong achievement of students
-direct care
-perform screenings and make referrals
-promote a safe environment
-health education
-policy development |
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| care through the use of interventions that eliminate/ minimize psychological and physical distress experienced by children and their families |
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| Hospitalization stressors |
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-fear of the unknown
-separation anxiety
-loss of control
-injury (px and mutilation) |
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| Reaction to hospitalization stressors depends on |
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developmental age
preveious experience with illness
separation
coping skills
seriousness of illness
support system |
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