NURS 3330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Pediatric Nursing, Infant Mortality, Sepsis
21 Feb 2017
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Chapter 1: issues and trends in pediatric nursing. How providing care for children differs from caring for adults. Require assessment and evaluation tools that are unique to infants, children, and adolescents. In pediatric nursing the unit of care is the child and the caregiver. Dignity and respect for the child and family. Collaboration with the family to plan and provide care. The child and family remain the focal point in the plan of care. The nurse develops a relationship with the child. All staff strives to respect, understand, and address the child"s and family"s concern. Children and families are actively engaged in all aspects of care. 1st children"s hospital was the children"s hospital of pennsylvania founded in 1855. Recognize the physiological differences between children and adults. Increased number of children requiring mental health services. Increased number of children becoming ill from antibiotic resistant organisms.
